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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1271 words (5.08 pages) in the essay titled The 1960s The 1960’s were a time of great change in American society characterized by ethnic consciousness and civil rights, women’s rights and female liberalism, anti-war demonstrations, student protests, and the genesis of the counterculture. A noted speaker once said, “The Cold War, conformity, and consumerism provided the background for the social protests movement of the 1960’s. The cause of the protest movements were much more deeply rooted in U.S. institutions and history.” Although the protest movements of the 1960’s were deeply rooted in U.S. institutions and history of the 1950’s, the Cold War, conformity, and consumerism provided much more than a background for these movements, in a way they were the reason behind them.In the 1950’s politicians constantly used the Cold War as a threat to the lifestyle of the American people-a conformist lifestyle dominated by consumerism in which families for the first time in history had the purchasing power of credit. Families now had the power to own homes, which resulted in the construction of ethnic communities and they had the ability to afford luxuries, which they could never dream of before, these include cars, televisions, and other new appliances. This ideal lifestyle was championed on television sitcoms such as Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best and it included the above mentioned luxuries, furthermore it illustrated the breakdown of the family and how it was supposed to appear. The shows stressed the br... |
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Keywords: history of the 1950s, 1960s, cold war, protest movements, consumerism, social protests, student protests, lifestyle, father knows best, diligent care, luxuries, conformity, leave it to beaver, institutions, mccarthyism, breadwinner, respectful citizens, television sitcoms, ethnic consciousness, new appliances