1. What was Happening in History?
1960’s Music
What was Happening in History?

2. Vietnam War
Fought
South Vietnam and boarding areas of Cambodia and Laos.
Two sides in fighting
Part of a larger conflict
Second Indochina War
Stop grow of communism to South Vietnam
One side: United States, Republic of Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea
Other side: Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the National Liberation Front, a communist-led South Vietnamese guerrilla movement.

3. Vietnam War (Cont.) Outbreaks of protests American Counterculture born
Feminism
Drugs
Antiwar movement
Hippies

4. The Hippies “Hippie” = hipster Counterculture Protest songs
Psychedelic Rock
Sexual Revolution
Drugs (Marijuana and LSD)
Protest songs
“Ohio” - CSNY

5. Kent State Antiwar protest at Kent State University in Ohio
ROTC building torched
70 National Guard troops came
Wore gas masks
Fired 61 to 67 shots at unarmed students
4 students killed
“Ohio” – CSNY in response
Kent State’s ROTC building was torched, and demonstrations vandalized property, smashed store windows and looted shops in town riots
The song “Ohio” is about the Kent State shootings calling attention to how the government was treating the citizens.

6. Resources
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