American Studies
The Sixties Name ______
20.1 The Student Movement and the Counterculture
1. What is the Counter Culture?a. Social & Political movement from mid to late 60s
b. Culture of the ______
c. ______
d. Valued ______
e. Voiced discontent in music
i. ______
2. What is “The Establishment”?
a. “The ______”
i. ______of previous generation
ii. People that represented ______
iii. ______
1. Disparagingly referred to as ______
b. Believed American culture of the 1950s was racist, materialistic
c. Division exacerbated by Vietnam War
3. Describe the differences between Counterculture and the Establishment.
a. Values of ______
i. ______
1. Product of 1950s
ii. ______
1. 9-5 jobs
iii. ______
1. Consumerism
iv. ______
4. Values of Counterculture
a. ______
i. “Do your own thing.”
b. ______occupations
c. ______
i. Take what you need, share
d. Trusted inner feelings over intellect
e. ______
5. What are the origins of the Counterculture?
a. ______(1964)
i. Student protest in ______on college campuses
ii. Leader ______claimed universities were part of “______”
1. ______that taught ______
b. Typical College Students
i. White-upper middle class background
ii. Affluent
iii. Idealistic
1. Joined Peace Corps, Civil Rights movement
c. Became part of the ______
i. ______
ii. opposed Established authority, racial discrimination, Vietnam War
6. What is the SDS?
a. ______
i. Core of radical New Left from University of Michigan
b. ______
i. SDS mission statement
ii. Written by ______
iii. Said ______that attempted to program the individual
c. Called for
i. ______
ii. Greater democracy, ______on college campuses,
iii. Later called for ______
7. Who were the Hippies?
a. Most ______of the counterculture
b. Believed in “______”
i. Sex without love
ii. Encouraged by “The Pill”
c. Advocated
i. Drug use
1. Followed guru ______call for experiments with LSD
2. “______.”
3. Believed drugs opened mind to other realities
ii. Public nudity
8. Describe City Hangouts.
a. Most famous
i. ______
1. Section within San Francisco
ii. ______
1. Section of NY
b. coffee houses provided an empty room with mattresses (______)
i. Anyone could “crash” there
ii. ______
c. “______” operated store with free clothing
d. ______
9. Describe Rural Communes.
a. Isolated counterculture communities
i. Tried to set up their “______
b. ______of mainstream America
c. Praised ______
d. ______, etc.
e. Unsuccessful
f. Overcrowded with “Weekend Hipsters
g. No money, no privacy
10. How did the Counterculture affect Mainstream America?
a. Vietnam War
i. ______
b. Diet
i. ______, organically grown
c. Fashion
i. ______, patched clothing, beads, sandals
d. Music
i. ______
ii. ______- Early 60s
iii. Electric- Late 60s
iv. Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix
e. Dance
i. ______
1. Reflected counterculture stress of individuality within a group
11. What was Woodstock?
a. A Music and Art festival held in Woodstock, NY (______)
b. ______
c. Meant to show Establishment greatness of ______
d. ______
e. 32 of best known performers appeared
f. Tickets were $24 but concert became free
g. 400 thousands attended
12. How did the Counterculture affect Art.
a. ______
b. Poked fun at Establishment
c. ______
i. Created ______
ii. Reproduced “______
iii. The “gods” of the modern era
iv. ______/