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    In the 1960’s there were many cultural changes in music. Rock and roll has been around for decades and has inspired many artists around the world such as The Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ The Rolling Stones‚ The Eagles‚ Pink Floyd‚ The Who‚ and The Monkees. One of the great rock and roll bands that influenced new styles of rock is The Yardbirds. The Yardbirds formed in the 1960’s and had Eric Clapton‚ Jeff Beck‚ and Jimmy Page play in the band‚ all of which were legendary guitarist. These three figures

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    Drive-In The 1960's

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    feature at the drive-in. The 1960s made this dream the goal of teenage boys; near the end of the 2010s‚ if a person has similar things‚ they can still be considered cool‚ hip‚ and with the times‚ excluding the drive-in. Drive-ins are nearly extinct‚ so maybe just a normal movie. With its share of similarities‚ the 1960s did have profound differences in many categories. Some of these categories include communication‚ cars‚ and toys. To begin‚ communication in the 1960s was much less sophisticated

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    The 1960's: The Beatles

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    The Beatles The Beatles were a legend during the 1960’s. They were a British rock band that even today influences music. The Beatles swept the world off its feet and are considered by many to be the most beloved band in the history of popular music. It all started in March of 1957; the band’s founder John Lennon started a skiffle (mix of Jazz and Blues) group with some of his friends. They called themselves “The Quarry Men”. Later that year‚ the group played at a gig in Liverpool when Lennon

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    quality‚ status seeking‚ emotional attachment and visual merchandising on young affluent towards the purchase intention of luxury bags Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses were tested with a random sampling (students who use luxury bags) of 297 university students using distribution of survey forms. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Findings – The results revealed that young affluent purchase intention and consumption towards luxury bags could be influence by factors

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    There was quite an issue in the 1960s‚ the issue of segregation. Segregation means to set something apart from the others‚ and the victims of this in the 60s were anyone of ethnicities other than Caucasian. In this time‚ there were many white people who thought that the blacks‚ Indians‚ Asians‚ and other races were inferior to them. Although this happened around the world‚ the place that it was arguably the biggest was in the United States of America. I’m going to tell you just how this time period’s

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    Grunge Music In The 1960s

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    These genres have all emerged and evolved throughout the decades. In the 1960s‚ people were expanding the boundaries of rock. The British Invasion (Mellor‚ 2010) helped to do this because of the influence from foreign countries as well as the already changing music style in the United States. Some of the bands involved in this were The Beatles‚ The Zombies‚ and The Dave Clark Five. A lot of people and artists in the 1960s and 1970s were experimenting with drugs‚ which influenced quite a bit of

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    The Eisenhower Era 1952-1960

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    Chapter 38 The Eisenhower Era 1952-1960 The Advent of Eisenhower Lacking public support for Truman‚ Democrats nominated Adlai E. Stevenson to run for the presidency in the election of 1952. Republicans chose General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Richard M. Nixon was chosen for vice-president to satisfy the anticommunist wing of the Republican Party. During the presidential campaign‚ reports of Nixon secretly tapping government funds arose. After Eisenhower considered dropping

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    Segregation In The 1960's

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    Before the civil rights movement of the 1960’s‚ freedom for the citizens of the United States of America was treated as equal but separate through race. Even though both black Americans and white Americans both retained the freedoms that were bestowed to them by the Constitution those freedoms were attained in a segregated manner. Examples of such cases of segregation can be seen in the social freedoms of education and public services‚ where black only and white only schools exist and public places

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    Hello! Today I’m going to make a speech on the fashion in the 1960’s. Well‚ let’s get right to it! Now‚ there is a common idea of the fashion in the 1960s. Most people thought it was just “hippies” and “bell-bottoms”. Not me. In fact that was one of the reasons I chose fashion in the 60’s. But in reality‚ the fashion in the 60’s was nothing like that. After WW2 ended‚ fashion came back as one of the latest things. For the women‚ in the early 60s the latest fashion was in Jackie Kennedy’s hands.

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    The 1960s and 1970s were probably some of the most tumultuous years of U.S. policing history; namely because of the many social problems that were brought to attention during these years. Unfortunately‚ the police were set to the main light as an entity that helped to permeate these issues‚ becoming the main focus of blame in the public eye. One example of this way of thinking would be in 1960 when the Freedom Riders had left Washington‚ D.C. to confront the racial segregation going on throughout

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