AP US History Flashcards: Youth Culture Of The 1960s

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Flashcard 1: What $1968$ student-led protest at Columbia University symbolized campus unrest over war and university policy?

Answer: The Columbia University protests. Students occupied buildings to protest Vietnam War and university expansion.

Flashcard 2: What term refers to young people who "dropped out" and pursued communal living and alternative lifestyles?

Answer: Hippies. Embraced peace, love, drugs, and rejection of mainstream society.

Flashcard 3: What 1969 music festival became an enduring symbol of the counterculture's music and values?

Answer: Woodstock. Three days of peace and music drew 400,000 attendees.

Flashcard 4: What 1970 incident involved National Guard troops killing student protesters at a state university?

Answer: The Kent State shootings. Four students killed during antiwar protest on May 4, 1970.

Flashcard 5: What term describes communal living arrangements adopted by some countercultural youth?

Answer: Communes (communal living). Groups shared resources and rejected nuclear family structure.

Flashcard 6: What term describes the $1960$s youth counterculture that rejected mainstream middle-class values?

Answer: The counterculture. Rejected materialism, conformity, and traditional social norms of the 1950s.

Flashcard 7: What $1963$ book by Betty Friedan helped spark second-wave feminism by critiquing suburban domesticity?

Answer: The Feminine Mystique. Exposed "the problem that has no name" among suburban housewives.

Flashcard 8: What phrase is commonly used to describe the post-1945 generation that came of age in the 1960s?

Answer: The baby boom generation. Born 1946-1964, this large demographic cohort shaped 1960s culture.

Flashcard 9: What term describes the counterculture's rejection of consumerism and materialism in postwar America?

Answer: Anti-materialism (rejection of consumer culture). Valued experiences and authenticity over material possessions.

Flashcard 10: What issue most directly fueled mass youth protest and draft resistance in the late $1960$s?

Answer: The Vietnam War. Escalation and draft sparked massive campus protests and generational conflict.

Flashcard 11: What was the primary issue that most directly fueled mass student protest late in the 1960s?

Answer: Opposition to the Vietnam War (antiwar movement). Escalation and draft calls mobilized massive campus protests.

Flashcard 12: What $1967$ event in San Francisco symbolized the peak of the hippie movement and mass youth migration?

Answer: The Summer of Love. 100,000+ young people gathered in Haight-Ashbury for music, drugs, and community.

Flashcard 13: What term refers to the counterculture's experimentation with LSD and marijuana for "expanded consciousness"?

Answer: Psychedelic drug use. Timothy Leary promoted these substances for spiritual awakening.

Flashcard 14: What does SDS stand for in the context of 1960s student activism?

Answer: Students for a Democratic Society. Leading radical student organization founded in 1960.

Flashcard 15: What 1962 book by Rachel Carson helped energize youth and campus environmental activism?

Answer: Silent Spring. Exposed pesticide dangers, sparking environmental consciousness.

Flashcard 16: What term describes the countercultural movement of many young Americans in the late 1960s?

Answer: The counterculture (often called the hippie movement). Rejected mainstream values and embraced alternative lifestyles.

Flashcard 17: Identify the youth movement that emphasized Black pride, self-determination, and cultural nationalism.

Answer: The Black Power movement. Emerged after 1965 as alternative to integrationist civil rights.

Flashcard 18: What organization founded in $1966$ embodied militant Black Power and community self-defense programs?

Answer: The Black Panther Party. Combined armed self-defense with free breakfast programs for children.

Flashcard 19: What 1964 UC Berkeley protest launched the modern student protest movement for free speech?

Answer: The Free Speech Movement. Mario Savio led this pivotal campus rights movement.

Flashcard 20: What 1968 event is most associated with youth-led protests against the Democratic Party establishment?

Answer: The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests (Chicago). Police brutally attacked protesters outside the convention.

Flashcard 21: Which category best describes the Beatles' and Bob Dylan's influence on many 1960s youths: politics, music, or banking?

Answer: Music. Rock and folk music shaped youth identity and protest culture.

Flashcard 22: What term describes the $1960$s student and activist movement that emphasized social reform and antiwar politics?

Answer: The New Left. Distinguished from Old Left by focus on civil rights, not just labor issues.

Flashcard 23: What $1960$ FDA-approved birth control method helped fuel the $1960$s "sexual revolution"?

Answer: The birth control pill. Gave women control over reproduction, enabling career and lifestyle choices.

Flashcard 24: What $1960$s term describes the shift toward more open attitudes about premarital sex, contraception, and sexuality?

Answer: The sexual revolution. Challenged traditional sexual morality and gender double standards.

Flashcard 25: What was the Selective Service lottery used for during the Vietnam War era?

Answer: Drafting men for military service. Random selection determined who would be drafted.

Flashcard 26: What $1960$s movement challenged traditional gender roles and pressed for legal and workplace equality?

Answer: Second-wave feminism. Went beyond suffrage to address workplace discrimination and reproductive rights.

Flashcard 27: What term describes changing attitudes toward premarital sex and relationships in the 1960s?

Answer: The sexual revolution. Birth control pill and changing values transformed sexual norms.

Flashcard 28: What $1969$ music festival became an iconic symbol of the $1960$s counterculture's music and values?

Answer: Woodstock. Three-day festival with 400,000 attendees celebrating peace, music, and love.

Flashcard 29: What $1964$ student protest at UC Berkeley demanded free political speech on campus?

Answer: The Free Speech Movement. Led by Mario Savio, challenged university restrictions on political activity.

Flashcard 30: What was the primary political goal of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early $1960$s?

Answer: Participatory democracy. Sought direct citizen involvement in political decisions, not just voting.

Flashcard 31: What $1969$ concert ended in violence and is often cited as a symbol of counterculture disillusionment?

Answer: The Altamont Free Concert. Rolling Stones concert where Hell's Angels killed a fan, ending hippie idealism.

Flashcard 32: What $1960$s youth movement promoted "Black pride," cultural nationalism, and self-determination?

Answer: The Black Power movement. Shifted from integration to self-determination and cultural pride.

Flashcard 33: What $1960$s drug became closely associated with psychedelic culture and "expanding consciousness"?

Answer: LSD. Promoted by Timothy Leary as tool for spiritual and psychological exploration.

Flashcard 34: What 1962 SDS document criticized Cold War conformity and called for participatory democracy?

Answer: The Port Huron Statement. Founding manifesto of SDS that inspired student activism.

Flashcard 35: What term refers to men who refused military induction during the Vietnam era, often as a form of protest?

Answer: Draft resisters. Burned draft cards, fled to Canada, or claimed conscientious objector status.

Flashcard 36: What $1962$ SDS statement articulated the New Left critique and called for participatory democracy?

Answer: The Port Huron Statement. SDS manifesto critiquing American society and proposing democratic reforms.