The Sixties “Don’t trust anyone over 30”

By: Johnathan Alford Megan Hudson Devon Eberling

Introduction

The sixties were a time of change. The psychedelic 60s as it was called changed the course of history. Many things were tried and invented. Things like drugs, rock-n-roll, and many types of fashion. As well as the Vietnam war, civil rights movement, and the assassinations of political leaders.

Political

Address to the Nation

President Nixon said that war is a horrible experience for a nation so he wanted to raise the number of withdrawals from the Vietnam War. In June of 1969 he announced a withdrawal of 25,000 men. By May 1st almost half of the troops in Vietnam were brought home.

The Freedom of Speech Movement

Student protest about the ban on on-campus political activities. They set up info tables on campus and were soliciting donations for civil rights causes. It started at the Berkeley campus and was a pivotal movement for the civil liberties in The Sixties

Culture

Music and Musicians

Music Rock’n’roll Folk rock Doo-wop Psychedelic Soul Pop Blues British invasion Motown sound Bossa nova Jazz fusion

Musician The Beatles Rolling stones Jimi Hendrix Little Richard Ray Charles Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding The Who Dave Clark Five Led Zeppelin Grateful Dead The Supremes Pink Floyd

Film Cultures

Films Rebel Without a Cause Easy Rider The Trip The Big Chill Full Metal Jacket One Flew Over the

Cuckoo’s Nest Jennie Shurf’s

Manchurian Candidate

Actors / film writers Ken Kesey Peter Fonda Jack Nicholson Dennis Hopper James Dean

TV shows

Batman The Addams FamilyThe Andy Griffith ShowGilligan’s IslandFlipperI Dream of JeannieThe MunstersThe Twilight Zone

Drugs

LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) helped make the sixties

what it was. LSD let people look at things with the different angle their psychedelic trance

Marijuana During the sixties, as people were trying to find new ways to

explore pleasure and ways of bringing it about, marijuana became an obvious choice

Magic mushrooms During the sixties, many people experimented with

mushrooms in addition to other, stronger psychedelics to help them get a new perspective on their world

Events / Major brake through

The space race The 1st working laser The 1st trans-atlantic satellite broadcastThe 1st computer gameTouch tone phonesThe 1st successful minicomputer

Economics

Economics

In the 1960s housing and computer industry overpowered automobiles, chemicals, and electrically powered consumer durables. In 1962 the five largest industrial corporations accounted for over 12 percent of all assets in manufacturing. GM had larger incomes than all the farms in the U.S.

Social

Anti-War Movement

A mass movement that began as an opposition to the Vietnam War. It was based on the 1950s peace movement. By the mid 1960s it centered on the universities and churches. People started to avoid the draft, and the voter age limits were challenged by the phrase, “If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to vote.”

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