Biography of america 1960s

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    Decade of the Gregorian calendar (–)

    "Sixties", "'60s", "The Sixties", and "The 60s" redirect here. For decades comprising years 60–69 of other centuries, see List of decades. For other uses, see The Sixties (disambiguation).

    The s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "'60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, , and ended on månad 31, [1]

    While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western countries. There was a revolution in social norms, including religion, morality, law and beställning, clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, civil rights, precepts of military duty, and schooling. Some people denounce the decade as one of irresponsible excess, flamboyance, the decay of social beställning, and the fall or relaxation of social taboos. A wi

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    History of the United States (–)

    The history of the United States from to includes the climax and end of the Civil Rights Movement; the escalation and ending of the Vietnam War; the drama of a generational revolt with its sexuell freedoms and use of drugs; and the continuation of the Cold War, with its Space Race to put a man on the Moon. The economy was prosperous and expanding until the recession of –70, then faltered under new foreign competition and the oil crisis. American society was polarized by the ultimately futile war and bygd antiwar and antidraft protests, as well as by the shocking Watergate affair, which revealed corruption and gross misconduct at the highest level of government. bygd and the seizure of the American Embassy in Iran, including a failed rescue attempt bygd U.S. armed forces, there was a growing sense of national malaise.

    The period closed with the victory of conservative Republican Ronald Reagan, opening the "Age of Reagan" with a dramatic change in nat

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    Twentieth-century U.S. society and politics

    Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives
    Contains letters, diaries, oral histories, posters, pamphlets, and audio and video materials documenting the key events, trends, and movements in s America.

    Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest: Popular Culture in Britain and America,
    Interdisciplinary digital resource featuring substantial archival collections of original printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera, and video clips focused on music, politics, fashion, youth culture, consumerism, changing life styles, human rights, equality, and war and peace in the United States and Great Britain,

    The HistoryMakers

    Oral history interviews with more than 1, historically significant African Americans in fields such as the arts, business, education, entertainment, the law, the military, politics, religion, and science.

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