the 1960s

Question 1

the 1960s

Answer 1

was a decade of radical change, change on a global scale. Young people began to think differently and question authority

Question 2

human rights

Answer 2

what we as humans are entitled to

Question 3

civil society

Answer 3

everyday people talking about the society

Question 4

civil disobedience

Answer 4

breaking laws not punishable by death but enough to create a disturbance

Question 5

commonwealth

Answer 5

collection of countries that were colonised by the UK

Question 6

student movement

Answer 6

was against the conscription of students for the war

Question 7

the campaign for nuclear disbarment

Answer 7

aimed to non-violently rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction

Question 8

the womens liberation movement

Answer 8

was a collective struggle for equality,

women fought for greater freedom and to be recognised as equal to men

Question 9

the peace movement

Answer 9

• rejected materialism
• rejected working for a living and began to share with one another by living in communes
• became vegetarians
• developed a distinctive fashion stile
• preached peace

Question 10

Betty friedan

Answer 10

• wrote the feminine mystique
• established the National Organization for Wonen (NOW)
• Stated women were dissatisfied with their lives as housewives and encouraged them to fight for their place in society, by working in the world and educating themselves

Question 11

The moon landing

Answer 11

• was a race between the USA and the USSR to put a man on the moon
• ## part of the space race

Question 12

Wood stock happened from

Answer 12

15- 18 august 1969

• was originally mean to have taken place in the town of woodstock but was two small until a young man (Sam Yasour) persuaded his dad to have it on their farm
• births and deaths happened, it was so heavily trafficked people walked

Question 13

Who performed

Answer 13

• Jefferson Airplane; Janis Joplin; Country Joe; The fish; The Who; Santana and Jimi Hendrix