1960

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1960s

• Counterculture (Hippies)
• Haight-Ashbury (Summer of Love)
• Woodstock

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HIPPIES

• Music
• Vietnam War
• Hippies

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Hippie Style

• Men s Clothing tie-dye, bellbottoms or patched
  jeans, long hair, facial hair, headbands, fringed
  clothes, and granny glasses
• Womens clothing all the same as the men, with
  wide leather belts, halter tops, and bare foot
• The 2 essentials
• - A PEACE SYMBOL
• - FLOWER in your HAIR

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If it feels good, do it!

• This motto for hippies is what caused a lot of
  the problems for them.
• The things that felt the best for them was
• (Not in any particular order)
• 1. SEX
• 2. Drugs
• 3. Protest

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1960 DRUGS

• Marijuana was the gateway drug, and the choice of
  many.
• Marijuana remained on the rise from 1960 to 1978,
  mostly because of the Hippie movement.

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The harshest of all 1960 drugs!!

• It was made famous in the U.S. by Timothy Leary.
  (Harvard Teacher)
• Leary said, It helps you get in touch with
  religion!
• Leary quote, Tune in (New Conscious), Turn on
  (LSD), and drop out (Society)!
• Most Dangerous man in America! by Richard Nixon
• Invented in Switzerland in 1940.

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Hippies and the Sexual Revolution

• The idea of Free Love was brought about by many
  different issues! (The Pill, Drugs, Music, and
  Communes)
• Communes were living quarters far away from
  society were hippies could make heir own rules,
  especially when it got dangerous for the Hippie.

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Hippies and Protesting

• Hippies loved everyone and everything and the
  event that set them apart from the rest of the
  U.S. was the Vietnam War.
• Hippies are pacifists!
• The problems for the Hippies were that no one
  took them serious because of their
  extra-curricular activities.
• They did start a wide range movement among the
  youth of America.

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Corner of Haight and Ashbury

• This was the center of the Hippie movement from
  1965 1967.
• The corner was located in San Francisco and in
  1967, 50,000 Hippies showed up for the Summer of
  Love!
• This is when protesting hit an ultimate high
  against the Vietnam War.

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Haight-Ashbury Cont.

• The psychedelic lifestyle came full force and
  Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll went with it.
• Famous people in U.S. history spent time on the
  corner. Most of them being Rock stars like Jimi
  Hendrixs and the famous crazed plotter or killer,
  Charles Manson.
• Music was the ultimate outlet for the people on
  the corner, it was known as Acid Rock, and its
  lyrics and psychedelic sounds touched the minds
  and feelings of the Hippies.

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1960s Music

• Rock n roll was growing at an alarming rate,
  especially since the emergence of Elvis Presley,
  but the group that will take it a new level was
  the Beatles
• The group consisted of John Lennon, Paul
  McCartney, Ringo Star, and George Harrison.
• Songs Hey Jude, I wanna hold your hand

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Other Rock Stars of the 1960s

• The Doors, Bob Dylan, and Pink Floyd also became
  famous, but none of them attended the biggest
  rock festival of the 1960s.
• WOODSTOCK

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WOODSTOCK (1969)

• This was an Art and Music festival that was held
  from Aug. 15-17, 1969.
• It was held on Max Yasqurs farm outside of
  Bethel N.Y.
• It has been estimated that 500,000 people
  attended the festivities.

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WOODSTOCK Cont.

• There were 4 men that got Woodstock started.
  They were John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie
  Kornfeld, and Michael Lang. All under the age of
  26.
• These men ended up spending 2.4 mil on
  Woodstock. Each band received 12,000 for
  playing and total cost for bands was 180,000.
• There was reported during the fun, 2 deaths and 2
  births.
• The concert was to be held in Wallkill, N.Y., but
  they backed out in July. 1 month before the
  opening. This publicity sparked the increase in
  attendance

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WOODSTOCK Pictures
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WOODSTOCK Cont.

• The concert lead to massive drug use, sexual
  freedom, and individual expression.
• In 1994, they tried to remake Woodstock for the
  25 year reunion, but it ended up being exploited
  by vendors and it was known more for the violence
  that broke out, rapes, and deaths.

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Rock Stars
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Jimi Hendrixs

• Jimi probably played the most memorable song at
  Woodstock!
• That being the Star Spangled Banner in his own
  great way.
• Jimi along with Janis Joplin are said to live the
  life of a hippie better then any other.
• Maybe thats why they both died of overdoses.

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Rock Stars and the End

• Other famous musicians at Woodstock were Santana,
  Jefferson Airplane, and Creedence Clearwater
  Revival (CCR)
• The aftermath for dirt and trash was endless, but
  easily disposable! The developments of the
  Hippies throughout the 1960s seems small, but
  has withstood the tests of time.