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1960s history question
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:56 am
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:56 am
American society underwent a change in the 60s. The changes are well known and some of the same forces are still at play. You can easily see a reflection of these changes in, for example,the way the Beatles looked in the early 60s and the way they looked later in the decade (fashion in general), and on and on. Many say "Vietnam" and "baby boom." What do you think was the most significant force that caused the change that characterizes the 1960s?
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 8:58 am
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Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:57 am to baybeefeetz
Boring question
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:58 am to theunknownknight
Oh yeah? Well, you pare a douche.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:58 am to baybeefeetz
quote:JFK getting assassinated in Dallas
What do you think was the most significant force that caused the change that characterizes the 1960s?
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:59 am to Rouge
Many say that. Flesh it out.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 8:59 am to baybeefeetz
When are we gunna get a history board?
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:00 am to baybeefeetz
Birth control ... One of,if not, the most selfish inventions ever ...
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 9:06 am
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:01 am to baybeefeetz
quote:you're asking the wrong person. Not doing your intercession homework for you.
Many say that. Flesh it out.
Many can argue that we never go to Vietnam is JFK remains President.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:03 am to Rouge
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JFK getting assassinated in Dallas
This was a foundational reason for the changes that took place. It's a great question and one that has fascinated me from the time I was very young. Much of it had to do with the Boomer generation growing up as children during the fifties and early Sixties and seeing the boredom and bankruptcy of sterile, humdrum suburban life. Many wanted a deeper connection to life and being that consumerist materialism. They were also the first generation to come of age on television. It had evolved into a powerful mass medium at that very time.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:08 am to baybeefeetz
The 60's was a very strange decade. You had Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, Watergate Scandal, JFK assassination, MLK assassination, Charles Manson, the hippie movement, woodstock, the list goes on.
I think the biggest contributor to change was the Vietnam War. A war that no one wanted to be a part of, and one we ultimately lost. It caused polarization across the nation.
The Cuvil Rights movement and MLK has to be up there too. The nation saw what the Jim Crow south looked like, and it wasn't pretty.
I think the biggest contributor to change was the Vietnam War. A war that no one wanted to be a part of, and one we ultimately lost. It caused polarization across the nation.
The Cuvil Rights movement and MLK has to be up there too. The nation saw what the Jim Crow south looked like, and it wasn't pretty.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:10 am to DeafJam73
And the Cuban Missile Crisis. Jesus. The 60's was a show to watch. TV couldn't beat the stiff that happened. Hell, TV became a thing in the 60's.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:11 am to threeputt
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The Pill
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:12 am to baybeefeetz
So many factors: civil rights, rock and roll music, JFK, threat of nuclear war, technological advances (many making the world seem smaller, such as the airline industry), etc.
But I think the number one underrated cause was the addition of television to the vast majority of homes. Yes, that started in the 1950's, but the medium took some time to develop and get enmeshed in society. The teenagers of late 1960's had been watching tv since they were born - the first generation to do so.
But I think the number one underrated cause was the addition of television to the vast majority of homes. Yes, that started in the 1950's, but the medium took some time to develop and get enmeshed in society. The teenagers of late 1960's had been watching tv since they were born - the first generation to do so.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:14 am to DeafJam73
quote:
Watergate Scandal
Actually early 70's. It was a time of rapid social change. A perfect storm. Vietnam was certainly a huge catalyst of much of the change. The first televised conflict where Americans saw their sons dying every night while eating dinner. A huge young generation that was raised in relative prosperity and was coddled to from birth. The increased availability of drugs and mind altering substances elevated people's consciousness to the illusion of what we are conditioned to believe is truth.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:15 am to baybeefeetz
Some say if Kennedy had never been assassinated, he would have to have fought tooth and nail to get significant civil rights legislation passed through Congress. It may have taken a lot longer and could have been watered down. Because he was shot, Johnson was able to shove through on the emotion of it being Kennedy's legacy (and as Johnson said, to keep the blacks voting Democrat for the next 200 years).
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Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:15 am to baybeefeetz
The fall of the nuclear family. Nothing more nothing less and the catalyst that was LBJs, great society. When the government became the baby daddy.......the downward social spiral after this is hard to deny. But it continued unchecked because it became the most effective and legal vote buying scheme the world has ever known.
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 10:09 am
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:16 am to baybeefeetz
quote:My parents banging me out in August of 1959!!
What do you think was the most significant force that caused the change that characterizes the 1960s?
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:17 am to baybeefeetz
quote:Post war affluence in the US.
What do you think was the most significant force that caused the change that characterizes the 1960s?
Not that making money was easily done in the late '40s to the '60s, but life was definitely easier for each comparative socio-economic class when compared to fifty years before that date.
With an easier existence and more options due to more comparative wealth, everyone had more choices and options. They weren't exhausting themselves every day just to survive like the average person in 1840 or 1890.
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 9:39 am
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:18 am to genuineLSUtiger
Even though that was in the 70's I sort of count that as the 60's part 2. All I know is that that was a time to be alive.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:19 am to baybeefeetz
Hippies.
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