PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A political protest held in New York.
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A village in Vietnam, invaded by US troops.
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A gathering of workers were they would cut down trees for more wood
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An outdoor music festival attended mostly by hippies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Woodstock was the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals. Its full name was The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. It took place on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969.
Detailed explanation-2: -The legacy of the Woodstock Festival-which took place in Bethel, New York, from Friday, August 15th, 1969, through the morning of Monday, August 18th-rests on the fact that a half-million hippies turned a muddy, gridlocked area into a site that symbolized peace and love.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1969, the country was deep into the controversial Vietnam War, a conflict that many young people vehemently opposed. It was also the era of the civil rights movement, a period of great protest and unrest. Woodstock was an opportunity for people to escape into music and spread a message of unity and peace.
Detailed explanation-4: -2. At the time, Woodstock was the largest outdoor music festival, and it’s still one of the largest music festivals in the world to date. Especially in an age without digital communication, it was a miraculous feat to gather that many people from all over the world and to accomplish such a crowd.
Detailed explanation-5: -A case can be made for calling the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, which happened 40 years ago this weekend (August 15-17, 1969), the defining event of the hippie generation.