1960's Trends
The sixties witnessed the birth of this sensation. Sales of this merchandise reached a whopping $100,000,000 by 1965. Ruth Handler, the creator of this toy, was inspired to make a 3-dimensional doll after watching her daughter play with her paper dolls. She named them after her daughter Barbara.
These were the fashion statement for hippies, and a trademark of the sixties era. Worn by Elvis Presley as well as Sonny and Cher, these wide-legged pants became very popular with the younger generations.
Bell Bottoms
This president elected in 1960 asked former SEC Chairman James Landis to write a report on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal regulatory agencies.
JOHN KENNEDY
February 16, 1968, Speaker of the Alabama House Rankin Fite made the first ever 911 call in Haleyville, Alabama.
911 Call
How many troops did the US send to the Vietnam war?
3,500
This sign was trendy in the 1960's. What is it?
The peace sign
Transforming dull white t-shirts to vibrantly colored and boldly designed shirts. With all the fads of the sixties, it is no wonder that hippies wanted to make the trends shine through their clothing.What were these shirts called?
Tie Dye Shirts
The American Law Institute appointed Louis Loss as reporter for its project to create a _____________________, an attempt to revise and integrate the federal laws relating to securities.
Federal Securities Code Project
While felt tipped markers had been around for years by the mid-1960s, they were large, clunky and hard to write with. Chemists at the Sanford Ink Company knew there was a better way. In 1964 they introduced the very first.
Permanent Marker
These were the norm and most houses had them by the end of the 1960's
TV's
These were worn by all types of people alot of of hippies would were these on their fingers to make sure their hippy friends were having a good day. What are they?
Mood Rings
Following the conservative 50s, these were part of the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s. These short dresses reached their peak of popularity in 1967 when they became a sign of rebellion more than just a sassy fashion statement.
Mini Skirts
When did the US enter the Vietnam war?
1965
British accountant Edward Craven Walker invented the “______,” as he called it, in 1963. The trippy effect of the lamp is created when heat from the light melts wax that floats up and down in a water-based liquid.
Lava Lamp
The Ford Motor Company began to produce and sell what?
The Ford Mustang
These illuminated glass cylinder lamps, when fully heated, would send therapeutic globs of a colorful wax-like substance up and down the shaft of the lamp. What was this invention called?
Lava Lamp
What was worn by many high-profile celebrities like Johnny Carson, Senator Robert Kennedy, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve McQueen and Paul Newman in the 1960s?
Turtle Necks
The counterculture movement, from the early 1960s through the 1970s, categorized a group of people known as
"Hippies"
Space war was the first what?
American Video game in 1963
The popular children’s television show “_____________” debuted.
Sesame Street
These knee high boots were popular in these 1960's. What were they called?
GO-GO boots
From the preppy outfits on college campuses to the prim and proper getup of flight attendants in the '60s what kind of dressing was this called?
Uniform Dressing
On October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. What was this called?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Originally drawn to put a good spin on the merger between two Insurance Companies was?
The smiley face
This big football game made it's first appearance in the 1960's.
The superbowl!