The 60's: Decade That Change Everything

Research Paper
The 60’s: decade that change everything

Introduction
Most of us have heard about this time, is not distant from us, big groups and bands were revealed in this decade and not only that, great historical and social conflict also marked the nature and society that lives at this time.

Famous groups like the Beatles, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stonesbegan their career at this time and they are still alive through their music now, some are dead or group has separated but the music always going to be music. For many people in this time started the best music, and it was like a transformation and a change to what they were used. It was a response to all things they lived; we see a response from the youth by creating protests. The most famous wasthe hippie movement. Love and peace banners, street manifestations and a youth clamoring for a change that could lead only themselves.

Opinions will always be heard on this subject; Allen says in his book that many memories and opinions about this decade must always be analized if they are just fanatism or a very critic and objective opinion. Several authors have different books, written andresearched about this time, have focused, drawn conclusions and ideas about how was that time and how the society deal with change, as all things change and pass, the United States of America did. (Allen 213)

I. “A person would have to change himself in order to be a living example of what he's singing about.” Jimi Hendrix
Causes
A. John F. Kennedy
A character who spoke a lot in thishistorical and policy was President John Kennedy Fitzgerarld, began as president of the United States of America in 1960 only three years because of this death in 1963. His death was another event that upset the entire U.S. population. During his government crossed the missile crisis in Cuba, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the beginning of the space race, the consolation of the civilrights movement in the United States and in the early events of the Vietnam War, not all of these events intervened in the U.S., but contributed to the start to create several big moves to date are remembered. (Biographies 929)
B. Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the most renowned and perhaps the most suffered by the society, many young people were sent and died on the battlefield, perhaps, thiswas the main reason why many young people rose in protest; along with the Berlin wall and the space race formed a big impact. New discoveries, new ideas and historical conflicts began to make a great decade. “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” John F. Kennedy.
We all heard about the Berlin Wall, divided Germany in two: the Federal Republic of Germany and the FederalDemocratic Republic, this event was heard around the world, as we mentioned above, this does not directly affect the United States, but board with all those major moves because it takes part of foreign influences and injustices to which many people were submitted. (Hall 129)
The Vietnam War, also called the Indochina war began in 1964 ended up giving 1975, The Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)supported mainly by the United States against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) supported by the block Communist. (Hall 120)
It was very famous photograph of the first man on the moon, also all the rumors that it never happened and it was just a recording made for the United States to the whole world to make them believe in theirs and the American government itself demonstratethat they had won to the Union Soviet on the space race that was lived. The same conflict is closely linked with the Cold War because it was used as an arms war (Hall 100)

C. Segregation/Feminism
Feminism arrived and stayed, with women demanding the right to vote and all the things that were deprived by man disappeared and started a new era for all. From its role in the house as a good wife...