T HE 60’ S -80’ S I DENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVIDED NATION AND CULTURE DURING THE 1960’ S - 70’ WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE V IETNAM W AR. Task: Purpose read chapter 30-3 in the Americans text (948). Watch segments of Letters Home

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T HE N EW L EFT

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), headed by Tom Hayden called for "participatory democracy" in universities. Students at U.C. Berkeley started sit-ins in 1964 to protest prohibition of political canvassing on campus. Amendment year old voting rights.

P ROTESTS : B E, SIT, AND TEACH - INS

C OUNTERCULTURE Felt alienated by bureaucracy, materialism, and the Vietnam War. Turned away from politics in favor of an alternative society (Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll).

W OODSTOCK

T HE “S ILENT M AJORITY ”

November 3, Nixon televised his appeal to the great "silent majority," who presumably supported the war. Aimed largely at middle class Americans who sought law and order; Symbolized the rise of a conservative backlash against liberalism

B ALLAD OF THE G REEN B ERETS BY B ARRY S ADLER Fighting soldiers from the sky Fearless men who jump and die Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men we'll test today But only three win the Green Beret Trained to live, off nature's land Trained in combat, hand to hand Men who fight by night and day Courage deep, from the Green Beret Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men we'll test today But only three win the Green Beret Back at home a young wife waits Her Green Beret has met his fate He has died for those oppressed Leaving her this last request Put silver wings on my son's chest Make him one of America's best He'll be a man they'll test one day Have him win the Green Beret

F ORTUNATE S ON, CCR-1969 Some folks are born made to wave the flag, ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief", oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no, Some folks are born silver spoon in hand, Lord, don't they help themselves? oh. But when the taxman come to the door, Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no. It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no. Yeh, some folks inherit star spangled eyes, ooh, they send you down to war, Lord, And when you ask them, how much should we give, oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, SON, NO It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, NO NO It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, son son son

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O HIO, CSNY-1974 Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'. We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin'. Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it. Soldiers are gunning us down. Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know? Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. Gotta get down to it. Soldiers are cutting us down. Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'. We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin'. Four dead in Ohio.

W OMEN ’ S M OVEMENT

G RISWOLD V C ONNECTICUT & R OE V W ADE

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C HICANO M OVEMENT

AIM

S TONEWALL R IOTS 1969

R ESISTANCE AND BLACK POWER

M ALCOLM X

B LACK P ANTHER ’ S

B LACK P ANTHERS Revolutionary social movement to organize African American men in northern and western cities to fight for liberation. -- In effect, became a para-military organization to protect blacks from white violence (e.g. police brutality)

“L ONG H OT S UMMERS ” Poverty, unemployment, & racial discrimination common in major inner-cities. Empty promise of racial equality in the North ignited rage in many African American communities

“L ONG H OT S UMMERS ”

R IGHTS OF THE A CCUSED

1968

1972

R EAGAN AND THE "N EW R IGHT " 1980 Received vigorous support from the including evangelical Christian groups like Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority. The “Religious Right” denounced abortion, pornography, homosexuality, the ERA, and especially, affirmative action. ii. Championed prayer in schools and tougher penalties for criminals. c. Reagan denounced the activist govt and failed "social engineering" of the "Great Society" in the 1960s.

1980

V IETNAM AND THE D OMINO T HEORY

T ONKIN G ULF R ESOLUTION

N APALM

N APALM A TTACK, J UNE 8, 1972, N ICK U T, A SSOCIATED P RESS, WINNER OF P ULITZER P RIZE. K IM P HUC IS THE NAKED CHILD

M ASSACRE AT H U : T ET O FFENSIVE

P RESS AND M EDIA