1. Define counterculture: ______________________________________
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2. What authors were members of the “Beat Generation?” ____________
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3. What traits characterized hippies?_______________________________
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4. How did fashions change in the 1960s? __________________________
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5. What lifestyle did Timothy Leary advocate? ______________________
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6. How did spirituality change in the 1960s? ________________________
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7. Describe conditions at Woodstock? Why do many people like to think
of this event as symbolic of the sixties? __________________________
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8. What events or factors contributed to the disillusionment of SDS
(Students for a Democratic Society)? __________________________
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9. What events or factors touched off the Free Speech Movement? _____
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10. What factors led to the Columbia Student Revolt of 1968? _________
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11. Who were the Yippies? _____________________________________
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12. What factors contributed to the violence at the 1968 Democratic
National Convention?______________________________________
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13. What factors motivated the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)
group to issue the Sharon statement?___________________________
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14. Summarize some of the planks in the Black Panther Party platform.
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15. What short-term and long-term factors contributed to the race riots of
the “Long Hot Summers” of the 1960s?_______________________
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