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Essay Archive - The 1960's
The 1960's
Many social changes that were addressed in the 1960s are still the
issues being confronted today. The '60s was a decade of social and
political upheaval caused by student and anti-war protest movements,
political assassinations, and ghetto riots. The decade began under the
shadow of the Cold War between the Soviet Union which was aggravated by the
U-2 incident, the Berlin Wall construction, and the Cuban Missile Crisis,
along with the space race with the USSR. The decade ended under the shadow
of the Vietnam War, which deeply divided Americans and their allies and
damaged the country’s self-confidence and sense of purpose. E....
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