The Protest Movement in the 1960s

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The Protest Movement in the 1960s
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Todays Theme

• The generation that came of age in the 1960s
  rejected the conformity of the 1950s and created
  a counterculture

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Reason ? Generation Gap

• Greatest Generation
• Fought in WWII (the good war)
• American is great ? beat the Axis. Stands against
  Communism.
• Came of age during the Great Depression ? work
  hard and be grateful for what you get
• Trust the govt (Love it or leave it.)
• Conformist ?Conservative and Leave it to
  Beaver-ish.
• McCarthyism
• White
• Some early sparks of rebellion (Elvis)

• Baby Boomers
• Vietnam Generation (bad war?)
• America isnt as squeaky clean as we thought when
  we were growing up. Bullying Vietnam and Cuba?
• Came of age during golden age for teens ?
  perhaps a bit spoiled?
• Govt is not so great (oppresses minorities,
  lies, etc.)
• A reaction against their parents ? liberal (sex,
  drugs, rock n roll)
• Birth Control Pill
• LSD (Timothy Leary)
• Multi-racial

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Kennedy and Johnson were symbolic of the new
Idealism of the 60s

• JFKs inaugural address- "My fellow Americans
  ask not what your country can do for you--ask
  what you can do for your country.
• JFKs New Frontier
• Johnsons Great Society
• Some believe that when Kennedy died, the 60s
  degenerated into a mess.
• Example- many people think that JFK was preparing
  to pull U.S. military advisors out of Vietnam

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Hansen Name _______________U.S. History
Period _______ The Protest Movement of
the 1960sThemeThe generation that came of age
in the 1960s rejected the conformity of the 1950s
and created a ____________,which means
__________________________________________________
__________________________

• Reason ? Generation Gap
• Greatest Generation
• Fought in WWII (the _________________)
• American is great ? beat ____________. Stands
  against ________________________.
• Came of age during the Great Depression ? ____
  _________________________________________
• Trust the govt (_______________________
  _________________________)
• ________________ ?Conservative and Leave it to
  Beaver-ish.
• McCarthyism
• ______________
• Some early sparks of rebellion (Elvis)

• Baby Boomers
• Vietnam Generation (_____________)
• America isnt as ______________ as we thought
  when we were growing up. Bullying ___________
  _____________________________?
• Came of age during ______________________
  ___________________? perhaps a bit ________?
• Govt is not so great (________________________,
  lies, etc.)
• A reaction ________________________? liberal
  (sex, ___________, rock n roll)
• __________________________
• ___________ (Timothy Leary)
• _____________________________

• _______________ and _____________ were symbolic
  of the new Idealism of the 60s
• JFKs inaugural address- "My fellow Americans
  ask not what your ________________________________
  ____________-ask what you ________________________
  _________________________.
• JFKs New Frontier
• Johnsons Great Society
• Some believe that when Kennedy died, the 60s
  ____________________________________________
• Example- many people think that JFK was preparing
  to pull U.S. military advisors ___________________
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