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31.3-Culture and Counterculture

31.3-Culture and Counterculture. What impact did counterculture movement have on the United States?. Counter Culture Haight-Ashbury The Beatles Woodstock. Key Terms. 1964- The Beatles become popular in the US August 8, 1969- Manson Murders August 15-18, 1969- Woodstock

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31.3-Culture and Counterculture

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  1. 31.3-Culture and Counterculture What impact did counterculture movement have on the United States?

  2. Counter Culture • Haight-Ashbury • The Beatles • Woodstock Key Terms

  3. 1964- The Beatles become popular in the US • August 8, 1969- Manson Murders • August 15-18, 1969- Woodstock • December 6, 1969- Altamont Speedway Free Concert • September 1970- Jimi Hendrix dies • October 1970- Janis Joplin dies Key Dates

  4. Counterculture • Define: • Mostly college-aged, white, middle-class Americans, upset by mainstream American culture, protested society by leaving it • Known as “hippies” • Grew partly out of New Left and opposition to Vietnam War • Heavily influenced by beat movement of 1950s • Peace, love, and harmony “Tune in, turn on, and drop out”

  5. Rock ’n’ Roll • Outrageous clothing and appearance • Liberal use of drugs • Marijuana and LSD • Communes • Define: • Haight-Ashbury District • San Francisco neighborhood became “hippie capitol” Hippie Culture

  6. Haight- Ashbury

  7. Art and Fashion • Pop Art ex. Andy Warhol • Longer hair, more colorful clothing, blue jeans • Rock Music • The Beatles- had biggest influence at the time • Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan • Woodstock- August 1969 • 400,000 people at concert • 3 day event Changing American Culture

  8. Andy Warhol and Pop Art

  9. Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin The Rolling Stones

  10. After only a few years influence started to fade • Many communes became violent • Homes for muggers, drug dealers, and runaways • August 1969 • Charles Manson Murders • December 1969 • Altamont Raceway Concert • Hells Angels, hired to provide security beat an African-American man to death • Three other concert goers killed • Batch of bad LSD caused numerous bad “trips” • Doctors could not treat everyone • Heavy drug use takes its toll • Overdoses and dependence consistent problem in hippie community • Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of over doses in 1970 • Many hippies eventually are forced to turn to welfare or other government benefits • “We were together at the level of peace and freedom and love. We fell apart over who would cook and wash the dishes and pay the bills.” Decline of the Movement

  11. Sexual Revolution • More casual view of sexual and human relationships • Divorce nearly doubles • Topics that were once taboo were discussed openly • Some see these impacts as moral decay • Rating system for movie 1968 • Backlash against counterculture helped lead to Nixon’s election and more conservative US Lasting Impact

  12. What were the positive aspects of the counter culture movement? The negative? Reflection Question

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