HIST 104A Study Guide - Final Guide: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Mccarthyism
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The aggregate movement gained momentum as the african-american civil rights movement continued to grow, and became revolutionary with the expansion of the us government"s extensive military intervention in vietnam. As the 1960s progressed, widespread social tensions also developed concerning other issues, and tended to flow along generational lines regarding human sexuality, women"s rights, traditional modes of authority, experimentation with psychoactive drugs, and differing interpretations of the american dream. New cultural forms emerged, including the music of the uk band the beatles, films by directors who were far less restricted by censorship, and the rise of hippie and other alternative lifestyles. As the era unfolded, a dynamic subculture celebrating creativity, experimentation and modern incarnations of bohemian lifestyles emerged. In addition to the trendsetting beatles, many other creative artists, authors, and thinkers, within and across many disciplines, contributed to the counterculture movement. Several factors distinguished the counterculture of the 1960s from the anti-authoritarian movements of previous eras.
