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    This document discusses the counterculture movement of the 1960s-1970s in the United States, characterized by widespread social protests against the Vietnam War and for civil rights. Major events included massive student protests like the 1968 occupation of Columbia University buildings, moratorium protests in 1969 drawing over 500,000 people, and the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality organized by NOW that drew 50,000 women and helped spark second-wave feminism. However, the movement was also marked by increasing violence as anti-war sentiment grew.

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    This document discusses the counterculture movement of the 1960s-1970s in the United States, characterized by widespread social protests against the Vietnam War and for civil rights. Major events included massive student protests like the 1968 occupation of Columbia University buildings, moratorium protests in 1969 drawing over 500,000 people, and the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality organized by NOW that drew 50,000 women and helped spark second-wave feminism. However, the movement was also marked by increasing violence as anti-war sentiment grew.

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    COUNTERCULTURE

    Protests in
    the USA 1968
    1970
    WORLDWIDE ESCALATION OF SOCIAL CONFLICTS

    REBELLIONS AGAINST STATE MILITARIES AND BUREAUCRACIES


    TUMULTOUS period
    Protests - Social unrest - Atmosphere of dissent

    DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ANTI-VIETNAM WAR


    Anti-war protests
    1963-1975
    VIOLENT PROTESTS SURGE WHY DID THE
    IN FIRST HALF OF 1968 OCCUPATION OCCUR?

    Massive occupation of five Injustice by governments


    buildings in Columbia in the USA, against the
    Campus. A strike followed, Johnson administration
    paralyzing the school-year. and were in opposition to
    Officers were taken as the draft, and the United
    hostages States' involvement in the
    Columbia Vietnam War.

    University
    Protests
    PROTESTS LEFT COLUMBIA IN A BAD SPOT FINANCIALLY AS
    MANY POTENTIAL STUDENTS CHOSE OTHER UNIVERSITIES

    COLUMBIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES


    MILITARY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS CHANGED
    Anti-Vietnam
    war
    LARGEST ANTI-WAR PROTEST
    Demonstration ATTENDANCE
    Half million people:
    Vietnam Moratorium
    Commitee in November "PREDOMINANTLY
    1969, at Washington. YOUTHFUL AND OLD-
    STYLE LIBERALS"

    EVENTS OCCURING NIXON'S REACTION


    Peaceful crowds Ignored his promises
    marching through the of withdrawal.
    city, happening at UNMOVED by the
    many states. demonstrations.
    ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO GAIN SUPPORT IN 1970
    Women's Strike for Equality (1970)

    FEMINIST CROWDS FILLING THE


    MOVEMENT STREETS

    Organised by Thousands of signs


    National Organization displayed, and
    for Women (NOW). women chanting.
    50th anniversary of Chaos caused by
    women's suffrage. skipping regulations.
    Marchs and rallies in Businesses affected
    Manhattan in August by disruptions.
    26th. 50,000 women
    attended.
    FEMINISTS AND SCHOLARS CLAIMED THAT THE STRIKE WAS A
    SIGNIFICANT SPARK FOR SECOND WAVE FEMINISM

    PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON DESIGNATED THE ANNIVERSARY


    OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AS "WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY"
    VIOLENT ATTACKS APART FORM
    THOSE PACIFIC MOVEMENTS

    BOMB DETONATED IN 1970 AT


    UNIVERISTY OF WISCONSIN

    SHOWS HYPOCRISY OF ANTI-WAR


    RADICAL PROTESTANTS

    IMAGE PORTRAYS A HIPPIE


    PROTESTANT

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