1960s Fun
April 5, 2019 8:15 am 1 Comment
The 1960s saw hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans giving new life to the nation’s democratic ideals.
One of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history, marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam
War and antiwar protests, political assassinations, and the emerging “Generation Gap.”
In the 1960s:
- 1964 President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed.
- On a rainy weekend in August, 400,000 people gather in Woodstock, NY for a music festival.
- The draft begins as we fight communism in the Vietnam.
- Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy are assassinated.
- The Apollo 11 mission lands the first man on the moon.
The cost of:
- A car- $2,600
- A house- $11,900
- A gallon of gas- .31
- A loaf of bread- .22
- A 5lb bag of sugar- .38
- A dozen eggs- .57
- Average annual income was $5,315
1960s Slang:
| Boob tube | Television |
| Cut Out | Leave the area quickly |
| Drag | someone or something that is boring |
| Groovy | Outstanding or nice |
| Mop-top | someone with a Beatle-style haircut |
| Sock it to me | Let me have it… |
| Right on | OK- a term of agreement |
| The Man | any authority figure who maintained the corporate, legal, and political status quo |
| Square | Someone who is not cool |
| What it is | How's it going... Made popular by S. Edgerton |
1 Comment
Love it I remember these sayings!