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Conformity and Counterculture: A Journey Through History

Explore the rise and impact of counterculture movements and the challenges of conformity in American history. From the Beat Generation to the Reagan era, uncover the events and ideologies that shaped society.

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Conformity and Counterculture: A Journey Through History

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  1. $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $100 $200 $400 $400 $400

  2. To conform or not to conform?

  3. Nix’n Carter

  4. O’Reagano

  5. H.W. (Bubba, Dubya,) Obama

  6. Palmatier Specials

  7. Palmatier Specials To conform or not to conform? Nix’n Carter O’Reagano H.W.Obama $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  8. CATEGORY 1 - $100 A major Beat writer, wrote On the Road –a critique of modern consumerism and conformity…

  9. CATEGORY 1 - $200 A district in San Francisco that emerged as the center of the counterculture by 1967…

  10. CATEGORY 1 - $300 Former Harvard professor who urged American youth to “tune in, turn on, and drop out”…

  11. CATEGORY 1 - $400 Anti-war group founded at University of Michigan that organized “teach-ins” modeled on the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement…

  12. CATEGORY 1 - $500 The term “Yuppie” –a materialistic, self-absorbed, upscale, financially successful young adult– stood for…

  13. CATEGORY 2 - $100 In the 1970s, the US economy was plagued by stagflation –an odd combination of…

  14. CATEGORY 2 - $200 Carter’s most impressive foreign policy accomplishment was…

  15. CATEGORY 2 - $300 Nixon claimed to represent this group during the 1968 Presidential election

  16. CATEGORY 2 - $400 Iranian students seized the US embassy and took Americans hostage after this Islamic fundamentalist gained power in 1979…

  17. CATEGORY 2 - $500 Identify five distinctly different events/themes that contributed to the 1970s malaise…

  18. CATEGORY 3 - $100 This enormously expensive Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) hoped to use lasers and other weapons to defend the US against a missile strike…

  19. CEGORY 3 - $200 What event is this cartoon referring to?

  20. CATEGORY 3 - $300 The three major components of Reaganomics were…

  21. CATEGORY 3 - $400 The assassination attempt on President Reagan – which also seriously wounded his press secretary-- set in motion this 1990s act that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and imposed a five-day waiting period on purchases

  22. CATEGORY 3 - $500 The success of supply-side economics (Reaganomics) is based on the assumption that…

  23. CATEGORY 4 - $100 The fall of the Berlin Wall –the symbolic end of communism– occurred during this Presidential administration…

  24. CATEGORY 4 - $200 He entered the 1992 and 1996 Presidential general elections as a third party (Reform Party) candidate…

  25. CATEGORY 4 - $300 The special prosecutor who investigated President Clinton’s involvement in Whitewater and led the eventual impeachment proceedings was…

  26. CATEGORY 4 - $400 After the 9/11 attack, this phrase described the policy that the United States had the right to secure itself against countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groupsIt was used to justify the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan

  27. CATEGORY 4 - $500 Specify 2 effects of the Great Recession of 2008

  28. CATEGORY 5 - $100 The name of the infamous Cold War propaganda film shown to American schoolchildren was…

  29. CATEGORY 5 - $200 The below image depicts this infamous event…

  30. CATEGORY 5 - $300 What action is the author of this letter referring to?

  31. CATEGORY 5 - $400 What is the title and who is the artist of this 1980s pop song?Things That Aren’t going to happen -

  32. Identify the term for what is occurring below and why did this happen? CATEGORY 5 - $500

  33. CATEGORY 1 - $100 Jack Kerouac

  34. CATEGORY 1 - $200 Haight-Ashbury district

  35. CATEGORY 1 - $300 Timothy Leary

  36. CATEGORY 1 - $400 Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

  37. CATEGORY 1 - $500 Young Urban Professional

  38. CATEGORY 2 - $100 High unemployment rates (recession) and growing inflation

  39. CATEGORY 2 - $200 The Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel

  40. CATEGORY 2 - $300 Silent Majority

  41. CATEGORY 2 - $400 Ayatollah Khomeini

  42. CATEGORY 2 - $500 Vietnam War, Watergate, Arab Oil Embargo, Terrorism at ’72 Games, TMI and Love CanL, Iran Hostage Crisis, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Stagflation, Moral Breakdown, Sexual Revolution, etc…

  43. CATEGORY 3 - $100 Star Wars

  44. CATEGORY 3 - $200 Iran-Contra Affair

  45. CATEGORY 3 - $300 Tax cuts, deregulation of industry, and cuts in federal social programs

  46. CATEGORY 3 - $400 The Brady Bill

  47. CATEGORY 3 - $500 By reducing taxes, citizens will work more and spend more, thus stimulating the economy

  48. CATEGORY 4 - $100 George H.W. Bush

  49. CATEGORY 4 - $200 H. Ross Perot

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