PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Calm, reserved, and traditonal
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Full of unrest, divisions, and social changes
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Unpatriotic and favoring Communism
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A time in which political authority was unquestioned
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Detailed explanation-1: -The biggest social changes in the 1960s involved the fight for freedom and equality. Women fought for equal rights and equal pay, Black Americans fought against racial disparity, and pacifists rebelled against the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging “generation gap."
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sixties gave birth to a popular culture in film and music that reflected and influenced the decade’s social upheavals: the rise of Cold War politics, civil rights movements, student protests, and the Vietnam war all profoundly affected American society and culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 1960s started off as the dawn of a golden age to most Americans. On January 20, 1961, the handsome and charismatic John F. Kennedy became president of the United States.