News Reporting
Vietnam War
Television of the 1960s
Social Movements
Mainstream and Counter-Cultures
100

This type of journalism emphasized objective facts in an unbiased manner

Old Journalism

100

This form of protesting the Vietnam War was deemed not protected by the Vietnam War

Burning draft cards

100

This genre of television became a staple of prime time TV that focused on the family unit

Sitcom

100
Establishing a clear political goal is necessary to create this concept

Social Identity

100

This group became (in)famous for it's exessive drug use and rejection of mainstream society

Hippies

200

This political event caused fracturing of trust in news media

Watergate

200

This U.S. President decided not to run for re-election based on his unpopularity navigating the Vietnam War

President Lydon B. Johnson

200

This event was televised live via helicopter sparking a new era of TV Journalism

Watts Riots

200

This musical genre was deeply connected to the Black Power Movement

Funk

200

This method of signaling allows members of the same in-group to identify one another either for protection or community building

Signifiers/signification

300

Joan Dideon and Michael Herr were prominent writers of this journalism movement.

New Journalism

300

This tragedy was a watershed moment in the national discourse on the Vietnam War when four students were killed in an anti-war protest

Kent State Shooting/Kent State Massacre/May 4 Massacre 

300

This television show highlighted the ideal American family that everyone should strive to achieve

Father Knows Best
300

This document was a clear backlash reaction to the Civil Rights Movement stating that it was up to the states to end or continue segregation

Southern Manifesto

300

This musical genre criticized counter-cultures and promoted square-ness over hip-ness

(Bonus 100 points if you can name a specific song)

Country (Okie from Muskogee)

400

New Journalism used these strategies to critique events and culture in the 1960s

Sources of information that was hip, organic, and presented in a narrative structure

400

This theory was one of the main reasons why the United States decided to enter the Vietnam War

Domino Theory

400

This television star, producer, and writer challenged the traditional norms of women in her well-known television show

Mary Tyler Moore

400

Social movements were deemed "anti-American" if they promoted this platform

Ending the Vietnam War
400

This form of musical process used songs as a means to disseminate political and social ideologies that were against the mainstream

Folk Process

500

This quote highlighted the reality that many people in San Francisco lived in was not as idyllic as popular culture had made it seem

"The center was not holding"

500

These economic impacts in Vietnam showed the deep effects of the war that went beyond death tolls

Hyperinflation; disruption to commerce; businesses began to cater to U.S. soldiers rather than the Vietnamese (bars, prostitution, etc.)

500

The Twilight Zone and All in the Family are television shows that showed this change of focus within American culture

Conflict with Communists (USSR) to Conflict within the American Family

500

This woman served under President Kennedy in the President's Commission on the Status of Women along with Eleanor Roosevelt to promote women's equality in the workforce

Esther Peterson

500

This form of suggestive language is used in politics to garner support from a particular group without provoking opposition

Dog Whistle