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The 1960’s

The 1960’s. • Population 177,830,000 • National Debt 286.3 Billion • Average Salary $4,743 • Teacher's Salary $5,174 • Minimum Wage $1.00. FACTS about this decade. The 60’s were the age of the youth, as 70 million baby-boomers were now teenagers.

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The 1960’s

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  1. The 1960’s

  2. • Population 177,830,000 • • National Debt 286.3 Billion • • Average Salary $4,743 • • Teacher's Salary $5,174 • • Minimum Wage $1.00 FACTS about this decade

  3. The 60’s were the age of the youth, as 70 million baby-boomers were now teenagers. • If the 50’s were conservative, the 60’s wanted change, including education, values, lifestyles, laws and entertainment. It was a revolution culturally, socially, politically. Intro

  4. Lots of protests on campuses, especially the military draft. • Fight for equality for blacks Education

  5. Barbie doll • GI Joe • Bell-bottomed jeans • Afro • Polyester pants • Double breasted sports jackets Fads and Fashions

  6. MLKJ • Malcolm X • ‘Blacks’ replace ‘Negroes’ • Hippie movement- endorsed drug use, rock music, mystic religions, sexual freedom. Marijuana, LSD soared • Woodstock festival Historic Events

  7. Cuban Missile Crisis • JFK assassinated • Vietnam war-draft dodgers • MLKJ assassinated • Malcolm X assassinated • Space Race- Neil Armstrong Historic cont.

  8. Broadway musicals • Radio and American Bandstand • Chubby Checker-Twist • Flintstones, Jetsons, Star Trek, Twilight Zone Media

  9. Muhammad Ali • Willie Mays • Wilt Chamberlain • Arnold Palmer Sports

  10. Art in America was influenced by the desire to move into the modern age or future which the space age seemed to forecast. • Andy Warhol • To Kill a Mockingbird • Where the Wild Things Are • One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Art

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