The 1960's: Freedom Redefined Flashcards
What were some important movements of the 1960’s and their impact on the political debates of the time?
Civil Rights Movement
Women’s Movement
Anti-War Movement
Student Movement
Counter-culture
What did the Civil Rights Movement question?
The meaning of equality
What did the Women’s Movement question?
Gender roles and the structure of the family
What did the Anti-War movement question?
American values and America’s role in the world
What did the student movement question?
The need for education
What did counter-culture question?
Everything
How did the 60’s influence America’s views of freedom?
New definition of freedom: Liberation from external authority or traditional morality that might
constrain your individual desires.
Who said, “We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort,
housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we
inherit.”?
Students for a Democratic Society, “The Port Huron Statement”
What made the students for a democratic society stand up?
- Racial bigotry in the south
- Talk of war (The cold war, bombs)
The phrase “___________ _____________” was coined by Friedan to describe the assumptions that women would be fulfilled from their housework, marriage, sexual lives, and children.
Feminine Mystique
What is “the problem with no name”?
A problem of identity for women who wonder “Where am I? What am I doing here?”
Who said, ““Our culture does not permit women to accept or gratify their basic need
to grow and fullfill their potentialities as human beings,”?
Betty Friedman in The Problem with No Name
According to Betty Friedman, the real sexual revolution is…
“the emergence of women from
passivity, from thingness to full self-determination, to full dignity.”
Did we go to Vietnam to fulfill self-interest or __________?
virtue
Supporters of the Vietnam War saw the Vietnam War as an important war against _______________.
communism
Those against the Vietnam War saw the war as the evils of a _____________ ____________ _______________.
military industrial complex
What is the song “Fortunate Son” about?
The song compares the wealthy and privileged men who aren’t drafted into war compared to the poor and likely men who were drafted into the war.
What did the saying “Turn on, tune in, drop out” mean?
The phrase was a call for people to drop out of the mainstream consumer culture and tune in to themselves.
Who said, “The goal of man and society should be human independence: a
concern not with image or popularity but with finding a meaning in life that
is personally authentic.”?
Students for a Democratic Society,
“The Port Huron Statement”
What is Freedom to
participate in the
community and
its political
decisions.?
Ancient Liberty
What is Freedom to live
as God wants you
to live;
submission to
God’s will.?
Winthrop’s Civil Liberty
What is Freedom from
government;
ability to make
choices without
coercion or
oppression.?
Negative Liberty
What is Freedom means
creating the
conditions
necessary to
flourish;
government
action may be
necessary.?
Positive Liberty
What is Freedom is
liberation from all
traditional
constraints.?
Radical Liberty
What was the “powerful slogan” of the hippie revolution according to Jerry Rubin?
Rise up and abandon the creeping meatball!
Who said, “Our long hair communicates disrespect for America.”?
Jerry Rubin
If America says “Don’t, don’t, don’t,” What do the hippies say?
“Do it. Do it. Do whatever you want to do.”
The sixties contained ____________ energy according to Richard Goodwin.
confident
