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New Left
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collective term for the various political action of youth groups that developed during the 1960s; most of these groups were interested in ending the war in Vietnam and bringing about political change in the US; Beat Generation consisted of anti-conformity and restrictions and a protest movement emerged
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SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
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founded in 1962; radical organization aimed to rid American society of poverty, racism, and violence through an individually oriented approach called participatory democracy; by 1968 group had over 100,000 followers and was responsible for demonstrations at nearly 1000 colleges; 1) huge increase in college-bound students 2) increase in participation in politics and social issues 3) young adults looking to change their world and be independent
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Hippies
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people that built off of countercultural values of Beat generation; encouraged sexual freedom, personal creativity, music, self-expression, and psychedelic drugs
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Summer of Love
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refers to the summer of 1967, when an unprecedented gathering of as many as 100,000 young people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a phenomenon of cultural and political rebellion. While hippies also gathered in New York, LA, Atlanta, Chicago, and across Europe, San Francisco was the epicenter of the hippie revolution, a melting pot of music, psychedelic drugs, sexual freedom, creative expression, and politics. The Summer of Love became a defining moment of the 1960s, as the hippie counterculture movement came into public awareness.
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LSD
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psychoactive drug developed originally to help in research on mental illness; strong hallucinogenic character of the drug made it a favorite of the counterculture in the 1960s; was legal until 1966; drugs used for insight, search for personal fulfillment, new way to look at things, and get back in touch with fundamentals; LSD, opium, and heroin became incorporated into music
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Rock and Roll
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very powerful movement; Beatles (Sgt. Peppers), Bob Dylan (Ballad of Green Beret), Jefferson Airplane (White Rabbit), Jimmy Hendrix (Purple Haze), The Rascals (Groovin’), The Who (Teenage Wasteland-represents generational struggles and frustrations of being a young adult), Temptations (movement in Detroit-inclusion of black bands, Motown; Ball of Confusion-shows frustrations with inequalities), Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction-still clinging to old-fashioned views, during Cold War)
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