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Named after the beat and movement of the music itself
Rock N’ Roll
Elvis Presley was controversial for this in the 1950s
Shaking his hips to the beat
Provided college tuition and home loans for veterans of WWII returning from war
GI Bill What did 50 Cent say to his Grandma?
Some of the houses during this decade, especially in Levittown, NY, were nick-named this because of their shape
“cookie cutters”
Children who were not brought up in this time period that did not conform to society or had bad home lives usually became
Juvenile Delinquents
Women were stereotypically this during the 1950s instead of in the job force
Housewives
The idea that women should have political, social, sexual, intellectual and economic rights equal to those of men
Feminism
In 1972, the 27th this amendment was proposed to give women equal rights
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Women fought for reproductive rights in the famous 1973 supreme court case
Roe v. Wade
This woman led the feminist movement with her creation of the National Organization of Women and the publication of The Feminine Mystique
Bettie Friedan
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s with his “Freedom Now,” SCLC,non-violent approach
Martin Luther King Jr.
This group of students integrated a High School in Arkansas in 1957
Little Rock Nine
A Chicago AA young boy who said, “Bye baby” to a white worker while in Mississippi and was lynched
Emit Till
Group of white and AA young people who rode to the US South (Alabama) to protest the segregation of the bus station terminals
Freedom Riders
First AA man to attend Mississippi who was shot and inspired the last great marches of the Civil Rights Movement-the March Against Fear
James Meredith
Early form of 1950s counterculture found in urban cities with the belief of “why conform?”
The Beat Movement
1960s-1970s counter- culture that believed in free love and wore alternative hairstyles and clothing lines
Hippies
Malcolm X led the organization of Black Muslims, also known as
The Nation of Islam
SNCC member who chanted “Black Power!” “Black Power!” during the March Against Fear
Stokeley Carmichael
Sometimes seen as militant for their actions with firearms, the Black Panthers operated out of this west coast city
Oakland, CA
Popular music of the “me” generation that featured a big ball, groovy moves, and John Travolta
DISCO!!!!
This scandal in political corruption and sabotage cost Americans a lot of faith in their governemnt
Watergate Scandal
The real name of “Deep Throat,” who fed FBI information to the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
W. Mark Felt
Vice-President of Richard M. Nixon who resigns, along with Nixon-allowing Gerald Ford to rise to the Presidency
Spiro Agnew
Students protesting about US troop involvement in Cambodia resulted in four deaths at this University
Kent State University
The big boom after WWII where a lot of families began having children
Baby Boom(ers)
Hippie Culture was best embodied by the new genre of psychedelic rock music and the artists who exemplified this era. Name 2 popular British bands that made “experimented” with this music.
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
In D2: Team USA plays this team for the championship even though this country does not officially have an under-age Goodwill Games team
Iceland
What was Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver’s brother’s name in the 1950s sitcom: Leave It to Beaver
Wally!!!
Name one of the two actors that popularized the counter-culture hit Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper And Peter Fonda
Make your wager
The counter- culture began in the US as a reaction against what 3 things
1) Social Norms of the 1950s 2) Segregation in the Deep South 3) Vietnam War