Chapter 23: An Era of Social Change Section 3: Culture and Counterculture

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Chapter 23An Era of Social ChangeSection
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• California Academic Standards 11.8.8 11.9.4
• 11.8 Students analyze the economic boom and
  social transformation of post-World War II
  America.
• .8 Discuss forms of popular culture, with
  emphasis on their origins and geographic
  diffusion (e.g., jazz and other forms of popular
  music, professional sports, architectural and
  artistic styles).
• 11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since
  World War II.
• .4 List the effects of foreign policy on domestic
  policies and vice versa (e.g., protests during
  the war in Vietnam, the "nuclear freeze"
  movement).
• Objectives
• Following lecture and reading of this section,
  students will be able to
• Describe the flowering and the decline of the
  counterculture in the 1960s.
• Summarize the impact of the counterculture on
  art, fashion, music, and attitudes.
• Show how mainstream Americas response to the
  counterculture set the nation on a more
  conservative course.

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• Overview
• Members of the 1960s counterculture movement
  rejected mainstream societys values and
  attempted to create a world of peace, love, and
  harmony.
• Though short lived, the movement had a
  significant impact on art, fashion, music, and
  attitudes toward sex and human relationships.

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• However, the counterculture and antiwar movements
  also sparked a conservative movement, which
  helped propel Richard Nixon into the White House.
• The Counterculture
• Members of the counterculture movement of the
  1960 and 1970s were mainly white and middle-class.

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• The counterculture movement helped to popularize
  all of the following pop art, blue jeans, and
  rock music.
• Timothy Leary provided the counterculture
  movement with the philosophy of "Tune in, turn
  on, drop out."
• Members of the counter culture reject mainstream
  society and try to create an idyllic world of
  peace, love, and harmony.

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• Hippie life usually involved rock n roll,
  outrageous clothing and appearance, and drugs.
• During the 1960s, Haight-Ashbury became the
  "hippie capital" of the United States.
• Many members of the counterculture movement
  sought enlightenment through the teachings of
  Eastern religions.

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• After a few years, the countercultures peace and
  harmony gave way to violence, drug abuse, and
  disillusionment.
• The counterculture movement was not weakened by
  the effects of drug use dependency on mainstream
  America.

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• A Changing Culture
• The rebelliousness of the counterculture
  influences styles of art and fashion.
• Hippies embrace rock music as their anthem of
  social protest cultural change.
• Woodstock was the site of a famous, peaceful rock
  concert held in 1969.

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• The counterculture leaves a legacy of more
  relaxed attitudes towards sex, marriage,
  behavior, and relationships
• The Conservative Response
• Conservative Americans voice their anger with
  student rebellions and the counterculture.

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• The response of angry mainstream Americans helps
  propel Richard Nixon into the White House.