Political and social effects that shaped the 60s generation

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, the war in Vietnam, the Kent State protest, and finally the Woodstock festival. Ironically, many of those who were seen to be in favor of peace - including President John Kennedy, his brother Bobby, the black civil rights leader Martin Luther King, and many unarmed civil rights workers - were themselves murdered. Critics argue that Woodstock represented much of what was wrong with the 60’s: a glorification of drugs, a loosening of sexual morality and a socially corrosive disrespect for authority.

Benson, Kathleen, and Haskins, James. The Chinese decided that the Russians were betraying Communism and set off on what they hoped would be the world revolution against capitalism. The drugs and music were a by-product of the hippy culture, but by no means a reason for it’s occurrence. " The rise of the giant corporations had a profound effect on American life. The civil rights leaders were unhappy with President Eisenhower’s reluctance to use his powers for their cause, in spite of the fact that the nation was becoming more receptive to civil rights reforms.

"The New Era" referred to Kennedy promising vigorous attempt to manage a world whose old stabilities had broken down.

There are times when an entire culture takes the shape of a single event, like rows of iron fillings lined up by the force of a magnet. In 1960 there was a major split between Russia and China. Many Americans opposed his support for black people, while others were angry at his failure to kick the Communists out of Cuba. Rock was rough, raw, insistent, especially by comparison with the music it replaced; it whooped and groaned, shook, rattled, and rolled.

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