Work

cited

A counterculture is simply a group that -Appleby, Joyce, et al. United States:

openly rejects the norms and values of the
History & Geography: Modern
larger society. Norms are the behaviors
that society considers to be acceptable or Times. McGraw-Hill
normal Education, 2018.

• Many young Americans were

unhappy with their “boring” lives in
- Class Notes
suburbia so they needed a change in

COUNTERCULTURE
society

• Inspired by JFK’s optimism to make
the world a better place

• Society’s problems included

-JFK assassination

-slow civil rights movement

-poverty

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 Drugs

One major event in the hippie life

included the use of drugs. Drugs were a

huge thing for the hippies back in the

Impact/Legacy of the 1960’s. The hippies believed that

Hippies
Counterculture smoking weed helped them explore their
-Most came from white, middle-class

mind more and help them to discover backgrounds
After a few years, the counterculture -15-25 year’s old
the truth. Marijuana and LSD were two
-Long hair
movement began to decline. The -Some hippies live together in communes
major drugs for them at this point in
-Increase in birth control caused more
American culture was still affected by
time. people to relax their standard of morality
the fashion and music. More -Rejected Christianity and focused on
eastern religions
individualized dressing such as strands -They gave up all or most personal
“Do your own thing, wherever you possessions
of beads, ragged blue jeans, and long
have to do it and whenever you want.
hair for men became accepted in the Key People
Drop out. Leave society as you have
culture. The counterculture musicians known it. Leave it utterly. Blow the A few key people from this time included
the musicians. Singer-songwriter Bob
wrote songs about their generations mind of every straight person you can Dylan expressed the counterculture
reach. Turn them on, if not to drugs, beliefs through his lyrics. A few other
including the use of folk music and rock artists including, John Baez, Pete Seeger,
then to beauty, love, honesty, fun.”
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and The Who
‘n’ roll. The music of the artists from the (1967 quote about hippies) made an impact on the music they made.
counterculture movement continue to They expressed the hopes and fears in
their music about the counterculture
influence other musicians to this day. generation.