Topic 11 - Era of Change

What effect did the post-World War II baby boom have in the United States?

• It led to ongoing economic instability in the 1960s.

• It resulted in a massive student population in the 1960s.

• It put a huge strain on government programs such as welfare.

• It led to widespread unemployment among the older generation.

What did rock acts like the Beatles (pictured), Bob Dylan, and the Grateful Dead represent to members of the baby boom generation?

• a rejection of the status quo

• a return to traditional values

• a society that had lost its way

• a manifestation of their worst fears

How are Pop Art works like Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup can paintings and Roy Lichtenstein's comic book paintings representative of 1960s counterculture?

• They represent American superiority.

• They reject traditional ideas about art.

• They embrace American consumer culture.

• They celebrate a utopian free-love attitude.

For the counterculture movement, the word "freedom" signified

• the right to live free from from communist control.

• a state of cultural independence.

• a rejection of conformity and social restraints.

• the right to vote.

What were some of the negative consequences of the hippies' free, uninhibited lifestyle?

• The international community began to take the American government less seriously.

• Some drug abuse and crime were associated with large hippie populations.

• So many people living in communes meant American industrial production dropped significantly.

• So much media attention was given to the hippie movement that the civil rights movement was largely ignored.

What female leader is being described who spoke out against the ERA?

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was originally formed in order to achieve the goal of bringing about passage of the _____________________________.

What were the aims of the Chicano Mural Movement?

• to give young at-risk Latinos an alternative to graffiti

• to train and employ young Chicanos in art-related fields

• to compel museums to feature more work by Chicano artists

• to increase awareness of Mexican American culture and history

The American Indian civil rights movement differed most from the women's rights movement and the African American civil rights movement in that it

• sought to draw attention to historical inequalities.

• demanded land and mineral rights from the government.

• wanted equal access to education and other public services.

• focused on gaining increased representation in government.

What developed as baby boomers grew up during a time of greater influence than their parents.