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The 60s Cultural Revolution: The Rise of the Hippie Movement and Changing Societal Norms

The 1960s marked a pivotal era of cultural upheaval in America, driven by the youth movement's desire for freedom and a new social order. The hippie counterculture emerged against the backdrop of Cold War tensions, civil rights protests, and the Vietnam War, promoting alternative lifestyles and communal living. Festivals like Woodstock symbolized the idealistic spirit, while experimentation with drugs and new artistic expressions flourished. Despite its legacy of hope and creativity, this period faced significant pitfalls, including addiction and societal backlash.

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The 60s Cultural Revolution: The Rise of the Hippie Movement and Changing Societal Norms

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  1. The 60’s • Hippie History • Mrs. B-L

  2. A Cultural Revolution • The Student Movement • Cold War fears, Civil Rights Protests & Vietnam • Generation Gap • Infringed on freedom of speech • Desire to create a new social order

  3. Counter Culture • Hippies/alternative lifestyle • Dropping out-shock factor of “squares”/joined rural communes and lived collectively • Rejected modern conveniences, grew own food, shared property • 1965-1975=10,000 communes started • Searched for new experiences • LSD=lysergic acid diethylamide

  4. Fashion • Casual/colorful = tye dye • Men=longer hair, wore more jeans • Beads= rejection of neck tie • African Americans=Afro(racial pride) and African Shirts

  5. Pitfalls of counter Culture • Experimentation=high price • Sexually transmitted diseases • Women saw sexual freedom as a way for men to take advantage of them • Haight Ashbury • Charles Manson (1967) • Drug use/addiction

  6. WOODSTOCK ‘69 • August 1969- 400,000 youth • Rural New York, 3 day festival of music, driving rain, mud shortages of food and water=peaceful gathering • More then just rock concert • Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, and Janis Joplin • Idealistic spirit of the youth movement

  7. Changing Society • Religion=80% claimed it could answer all/most of society’s problems • 1970’s=loosing influence (traditional) wanting alternative answers, college religion #’s grew; Zen and Buddhism grew • Arts • Pop Art=appeal to popular tastes. Elements of popular culture-advertising, celebrities, comic books and movies • Film rating system=G to X

  8. Music • Rock Music=British Invasion 1964 • Use of electric amplified instruments • Very loud, very full of life • Folk Rebirth- • Joan Baez, Bob Dylan-political messages • Love it / Hate it • Motown and Soul-Pushed to the front, James Brown, Aretha Franklin

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