1. 31.3-Culture and Counterculture
What impact did counterculture movement have on the United States?

2. Counter Culture
Haight-Ashbury
The Beatles
Woodstock
Key Terms

3. Key Dates 1964- The Beatles become popular in the US
August 8, Manson Murders
August 15-18, Woodstock
December 6, Altamont Speedway Free Concert
September Jimi Hendrix dies
October Janis Joplin dies
Key Dates

4. “Tune in, turn on, and drop out”
Counterculture
Define:
Mostly college-aged, white, middle-class Americans, upset by mainstream American culture, protested society by leaving it
Known as “hippies”
Grew partly out of New Left and opposition to Vietnam War
Heavily influenced by beat movement of 1950s
Peace, love, and harmony
“Tune in, turn on, and drop out”

5. Hippie Culture Rock ’n’ Roll Outrageous clothing and appearance
Liberal use of drugs
Marijuana and LSD
Communes
Define:
Haight-Ashbury District
San Francisco neighborhood became “hippie capitol”
Hippie Culture

9. Haight- Ashbury

10. Changing American Culture
Art and Fashion
Pop Art ex. Andy Warhol
Longer hair, more colorful clothing, blue jeans
Rock Music
The Beatles- had biggest influence at the time
Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan
Woodstock- August 1969
400,000 people at concert
3 day event

11. Andy Warhol and Pop Art

13. Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
The Rolling Stones

17. Decline of the Movement
After only a few years influence started to fade
Many communes became violent
Homes for muggers, drug dealers, and runaways
August 1969
Charles Manson Murders
December 1969
Altamont Raceway Concert
Hells Angels, hired to provide security beat an African-American man to death
Three other concert goers killed
Batch of bad LSD caused numerous bad “trips”
Doctors could not treat everyone
Heavy drug use takes its toll
Overdoses and dependence consistent problem in hippie community
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of over doses in 1970
Many hippies eventually are forced to turn to welfare or other government benefits
“We were together at the level of peace and freedom and love. We fell apart over who would cook and wash the dishes and pay the bills.”

21. Lasting Impact Sexual Revolution Some see these impacts as moral decay
More casual view of sexual and human relationships
Divorce nearly doubles
Topics that were once taboo were discussed openly
Some see these impacts as moral decay
Rating system for movie 1968
Backlash against counterculture helped lead to Nixon’s election and more conservative US
Lasting Impact

22. What were the positive aspects of the counter culture movement
What were the positive aspects of the counter culture movement? The negative?
Reflection Question

23. San Francisco neighborhood which became center for counter culture
Some called this period the age of what?
He and his followers murdered actress Sharon Tate
Who invented Pop Art?
Large concert in upstate New York.
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