1. The Sixties

2. or…

3. The 60’s

5. Consumer Culture

7. Detachment

8. Esp. TV

10. Credit Cards 1950s Not common 1960s Frank X. McNamara Very popular 20,000 growing Condensed Controversial “Devils’ playthings” Delayed consequences overspending

11. Fashion Skirts/Dresses Form fitting Suit stile coat w/button accents Knee high Small waist Hair Bob cut Shoes Rounder Offset pencil skirts

12. Men Fashion Diverted Suit and Tie Turtle necks Sweaters, Blazers, Vests Nylon, rayon, and blends Colored patterns Nehru (Indian inspired) Beatles, The Monkeys, Dr. Devil Form fitting Buttons

14. Advances In Technology

15. Everyday Technology Televisions More widely used and bought by many through out America 87% of households have TV, up from 9% in 1950 Used for advertising different products from companies and broadcasting important events to the American public Astroturf Co-invented by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright Used as artificial turf Originally sold under the name "Chemgrass" Ansafone Used as an Automatic Telephone Answering Machine Invented by Kazuo Hashimoto Automatic teller machine First ATM invented by Don Wetzel from Texas Chemical Bank Ad’s slogan: "On Sept. 2, our bank will open at 9:00 and never close again!" Revolutionized the way Americans dealt money and turned global commerce into a 24/7 affair

18. Complicated motor-assisted mechanical adding machines.

19. Used complex gear systems

20. It could perform Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and one model could even calculated Square Root

21. The First Computer

22. Various computers and companies were invented and foundedHewlett-Packard, Sharp, IBM, Nokia, Sony, AMD, Intel, etc. First Computer Mouse invented

28. Developed by Medtronic

29. Used on patients who have irregular heartbeats

30. Developed isotope powered pacemakers

31. Soft contact lenses

32. More comfortable and tolerable

33. Made of hydrogel and allows oxygen to flow freely through eye

34. Many vaccines produced

37. Invented by Theodore Maiman

38. uses a synthetic ruby to build first true laser

39. Mainly used in optical drives in computers and fiber-optic communication

40. TIROS-1

41. The first weather satellite to successfully be launched into space

43. Echo 1

46. The first interplanetary probe to reach Venus

47. Became the first spacecraft to return useful scientific information successfully from another planet

48. Telstar

49. The first satellite to broadcast television signals

50. Space Race

53. Legos

54. Platform shoes come into fashion

55. The Pill

56. Enovid10- the first birth control pill

57. Went on sale for 50 cents a day.

59. “Instant Insanity”

60. Precursor to the Rubix Cube

62. Theatre and Film Broadway Expensive but popular Musicals Edward Albee: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf Movies Musicals hit the big screen My Fair Lady (1964) Sound of Music (1965) Disney for children Science Fiction 2001: A Space Odyssey (1967) Stanley Kubrik James Bond and The Graduate MPAA rating changed Sex in film: more explicit and not as taboo Portrayal of women Political Cinema Dr. Strangelove

63. Television/Radio TV The Flintstones, Andy Griffith, Ed Sullivan Show, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone Used for advertisement News and current events Radio Main form of music access AM to FM shift

64. Sports Two Olympic games held Summer games (1960) Muhammad Ali: boxing Became a national icon “The most recognizable face” Wilma Rudolph: track and field Racial tensions NBA popular Baseball Jackie Robinson First African American in the Major League (1962) Golf became a favorite Leisure “sport”

65. Literature Commented on social issues of the decade Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan Silent Spring Rachel Carson Environmental movement Pesticides/ “Silent Spring” (no song birds) Where the Wild Things Are (1963) Controversial Off-beat story suggested drug use

66. Music Elvis - Post-war career - Last performance 1961 End of “Rock n’ Roll” A new age: Rock British Invasion: February 9, 1964

67. The British Invasion The Beatles - Ed Sullivan Show 2/09/64 Beatles - Beatlemania - First #1 hit in America - Were considered comforting The Buzz Merseybeat Bands - The Rolling Stones - The Who - The Animals 1967-1969 Led Zeppelin Cream Immediate Influence - Electric music - Original material - Disobedient/reckless image

68. American Music Surf Music - The Beach Boys Motown - The Temptations - The Supremes Folk Pete Seeger Peter, Paul, and Mary Simon and Garfunkel Sound of Silence (1966) Bob Dylan Protest Songs Questions the government Calls for change British Influence continues to thrive

69. A Culmination of the Times Drugs, sex, and rock n’ roll The hippie movement American youth Public disobedience A soundtrack for the peace and anti-war movements Forever linked drugs with rock/music Woodstock Summed up the 60’s Huge names present The Who Jimi Hendrix Beatlemania More than a band The legacy of Lennon/McCartney Acknowledged as the greatest songwriting duo ever

73. The Hippies

74. Foundations Result of a German youth movement, derWandervogel (migratory bird) Countercultural reaction to the social and cultural clubs Inspired by the works of for example Goethe or Hermann Hesse Attracted thousand of young Germans, who began to live the back-to nature spiritual live This movement expanded to other countries like the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico and Brazil

75. Began in the United States during the mid 1960s Sexual revolution, cannabis, LSD, Marijuana, amphetamines Woodstock festival: major hippy event Fashion & values major effect on culture, music, television, film, literature, and arts The Youth Movement

77. Trends Long, full skirts Accessories: Native American jewelry, head scarves, headbands, long beaded necklaces Most of their cloths were self-made or they got it from flea markets & second-hand shops Jeans Long hair, even men Sandals Barefoot Men often had beards Often brightly colored clothing bell-bottom pants Vests Tie-dyed Dashikis Peasant blouses

79. The Hippie’s values Peace love and community Wanted to free themselves from societal restrictions, chose their own way.

80. Civil Rights

81. Jim Crow laws Enacted between 1876 and 1965 System of laws and customs that enforced racial segregation and discrimination throughout the United states Examples: segregation of public schools, public transportation, restrooms, restaurants and also the U.S. military for whites & blacks Blacks almost isolated from whites

82. Black Panther Party To promote Black Power and self-defense Active in the United states from the mid-1960s into the 1970s One of the most significant social, political and cultural movements in the U.S.

83. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks *February 4, 1913 (in Tuskegee, Alabama)- †October 24, 2005 (in Detroit, Michigan) African American civil rights activist Completed a course in ”Race Relations” in Tennessee most famous action – Rosa refuses to make space for a white person on the bus (Montgomery Bus Boycott)

85. Montgomery Bus Boycott Whites in the front rows & blacks in the back Another black person would enter the bus, he was required to stand Another white person would enter the bus, a person in the black row would have to get up and stand

86. Martin Luther King *January 15, 1929 (in Atlanta, Georgia)- † April 4, 1968(in Memphis, Tennessee) Important person in the African-American civil rights movement 1964 King became youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Price After visiting Germany his father changed the name to Martin Luther King Involved in the March on Washington “I have a dream” August 28, 1963 Washington D.C., in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the march of Washington 250.000 people present Talks about the problems of segregation April 4, 1968 King gets shot in front of his room (room 306, Lorraine Motel) in Memphis, Tennessee Assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots James Earl Ray confessed to the assassination 99-year prison term

88. Women roles in the 1960s

90. Equal rights in

91. Housing

92. Employment

93. Money

94. Right to vote

95. Women

96. Majority

97. Gender discrimination

99. More important in public

100. Opinion, influence

101. Second-class citizens

102. Fashion

103. expression of strength and character

104. Sex discrimination

105. Career Women  rebellion and disruptive

106. No equality in payment, insurance, laws and treatment

107. President's Commission on the Status of Women

108. Try to equalize and avoid discrimination

109. Equal Pay Act of 1963

111. Mothers, housewives

112. Volunteers (churches, schools, charities…etc.)

113. Rarely doctors, lawyers, politicians…etc.

114. New educational opportunities

115. Famous Universities

116. Women friendly

117. New Career opportunities

118. Economic growth – service sector

119. Politics – White house; Senate

120. Military – nurse; no combat

121. Science and Research – Nobel Prize; tests for NASA

122. Literature – poetry, short stories…etc.

125. Rich – choice

126. Managing home

127. Normal standard -

128. work and home balance

129. Significance in public life - change

130. 1950s more defined

131. Father helps out

132. Single motherhood

133. Rare but prevalent

135. Approved 1960 by U.S. Food and Drug administration

136. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

137. Old habits; Supreme Court Case

138. American Law Institute published a Model Penal Code 1962

139. Recommends legalization of abortion

140. Two Cases

143. National Organization for Women (NOW)

144. The Chicago Women's Liberation Group

145. Use of Liberation

146. Many members

147. Active in politics

148. Women Rights Movement

149. Protests – Media Attention

150. Newsletter – “Voice of…” – Chicago

151. Start of a way to be equal – or the Beginning of the Women Rights Movement

153. The Twist The Twist Let's Twist Again