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    1960s Dbq Analysis

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    Have you ever wondered who had the best philosophy for America in the 1960s? The civil rights movement was a fight mainly by African American citizens to have equal rights. During this movement there were some deaths because whites used violence against mainly peaceful protests. So‚ who had the best philosophy for America in the 1960s? A philosophy is what someone did to help a certain cause. Well‚ I think Martin Luther King had the better philosophy. My three reasons for that statement is because

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    Media in the 1960's

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    MEDIA IN THE 1960’s The role and effect of advertising and propaganda in the 1960’s: ‘Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience (viewers‚ readers or listeners) to take some action with respect to products‚ ideas‚ or services…and generate awareness quickly.’ Advertising is a main element of the marketing community and consists of various types such as display‚ public service‚ digital‚ physical‚ and media advertising. ‘Propaganda is a form of communication that

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    The 1960s were described as the decade of revolutions that never came. As the highest point of the post-war world II era‚ the 1968 and 70s changed countries society structure. During the 1960s‚ the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam war had a major impact on American society. At the same time riots spread across Europe‚ France‚ Italy and in the East. During the Spring of 1968 many important movement development violence on campuses from Japan to Italy to Mexico‚ The U.S. anti-War movement

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    Hispanic Activism in 1960’s Living as a Hispanic individual during the 1950’s and 1960’s proved to be difficult. This struggle was widely seen in the rural Hispanics schools. Many students in schools of east LA lived this while many not knowing it. Just going to school‚ not being allowed to speak Spanish‚ and many of whom live with low expectations from their intellectual peers better known as teachers. Only a selected few would be “smart” enough to be eligible to go to college. One of those

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    Until the 1960s‚ birth control pills were inaccessible and widely prohibited‚ which essentially was leaving contraceptive decisions solely to men. In 1960‚ Margaret Sanger’s oral contraceptive was approved for use by the FDA . While birth control was still denied to a vast body of women in years following‚ this event influenced the beginning of sexual awareness and openness among American people. Now‚ sexual openness is widely debated and opinions surrounding the topic range in levels of tolerance;

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    Events from the 1960s

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    The 1960s is a decade filled with a series of remarkable and significant events that still resonate today. From the charismatic John F. Kennedy winning the nation ’s highest office to Vietnam War‚ the 1960s was a decade of transformational changes (Whithaus‚ 2004). Adding to this transformation were a host of technological breakthroughs. For the first time in American history a presidential political debate‚ between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon‚ was aired on TV. In 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald

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    repulsive and sinful behavior one should avoid. Dominance of the Catholic Church during the Medieval period made sex taboo and sinful. This negative view of sex strongly contrasts the positive views of sex during the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s. Sex in the 1960s was not restrictive or taboo‚ but rather an outlet for liberation and growth‚ especially among women. While set in two different time periods‚ both Umberto Eco’s medieval-based The Name of the Rose and Thomas Pynchon’s sixties-based The Crying

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    The 1960's Movement

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    The 1960’s movement that consisted of presidential reform agendas and Supreme Court rulings is known as liberalism (Keene‚ 812). President Kennedy and Johnson were responsible for the creation of the Liberal Movement. They had views that were similar to Roosevelt’s and believed themselves to be heirs of the New Deal (Keene‚ 812). These two presidents focused on “desegregating the American military and securing federal funds for urban housing‚ education‚ and public works projects” (Keene‚ 812). Kennedy

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    Pomo: 1960-1970

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    PoMo became part of societal and cultural transitions after World War 11 and the general crowd and moderate culture made a marger change during 1960-1970. This movement basically describes the broad movement of development and was given a new creating remix of work which became a disassociated from the oppositions and arguments of the modern-postmoderns durning the late 20th century. Post modernism is known to be part of the historical era‚ and is seen as a reflection of a moment that could

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    Antiwar Movement 1960s

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    Although the decade of the 1960s began on a positive note of idealism‚ the years to come were filled with distrust‚ anger‚ and opposition. The antiwar movement protesting the Vietnam War affected both the culture of the 1960s and the long-term public opinion of the American government. While the antiwar movement shaped public doubt of the Vietnam War in the 1960s‚ it also evoked distrust towards the government and led to a major split in American society‚ which is still apparent today. The antiwar

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