What happened in the 1960's?

Answer 1

We started the decade in Camelot with the election of JFK, but soon we were in the cold war and the Cuban missile crises. The Beatles wanted to hold your hand, but the Animals wanted you off of their cloud. Chubby Checker was singing the Peppermint twist and the beehive was the rage. Soon Vietnam became a household word and our boys were going as "advisers to stop communist aggression". Martin Luther King was the voice of the Civil Rights Movement and the civil rights act was passed. The music died in Dallas when JFK was shot by Oswald and Mrs. Kennedy stood in her pink bloody suit to watch LBJ take the place of her husband. LBJ decided to expand the war in Vietnam and sent more boys. Soon we were watching the war on our evening news. Because people could see what war was really like protests began against the war and to get us out of Vietnam. It seemed that the world was on fire. The draft began, more protests, and Robert Kennedy and MLK were shot in the summer of 1968. Chicago was on fire from the protests of the Democratic Convention and the Birth Control pill was the rage. The sexual revolution was on. It was the Age of Aquarius and the summer of love. Time to tune in and drop out. Put a bumper sticker on the car and tell others what you thought. Peace Man. We went to the moon and came back and realized that we were a blue planet in black space. Some found their own "space" and came home "spaced" out. Nixon ran for President and then froze the world.

Another point of view!!

The 60's, part of what happened in the 1960's was called the sexual revolution. Birth control, historically frowned on by the Catholic church was widely used and women found a freedom never before experienced. Rock and Roll was alive and growing more and more in popularity. Because of the war raging in Vietnam the generation coming of age had a motto, "Live for now, for tomorrow we could all be dead" and that war became the focal point of a generation dedicated to peace and love. Peace rallies were the norm, sit-ins became fashionable and racial equality marches were common. Flower Power was not just a phrase, it was the beginning of changes all over the world. These were by no means the only things that happened during the decade but Vietnam was still on and for many the world was never the same, but it was a great time!!!

Answer 2

Many European colonies gained their independence (Togo, Cameroun, Congo, Somalia, etc.)

France tested its first atom bomb.

Fidel Casrto signed an agreement with the Soviet leaders: he got credit, the Soviet Union bought Cuban sugar.

Soviet missiles bring down an American spy plane, the American pilot was arrested by the Soviet authorities. Khruschev started a quarrel with Eisenhower. The Soviet Union wanted to have an increasing influence in the Carribean - the US insisted on maintaining the Monroe Doctrine.

Fidel Castro threatens to seize all American-owned property in Cuba.

Sharpewille massarce in South Africa (authorities/police killing 70 black protesters)

Answer 3

John Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr were assassinated, Tthe Berelin wall was built, Man went in space for the first time, Man walked in space , man walked on the moon.The Vietnam War was there.

Answer 4

1961, 1962, and 1972