AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY 1960 - 1969:

    The sixties were the age of youth, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.
    FACTS about this decade:

         · Population 177,830,000
         · Unemployment 3,852,000
         · National Debt 286.3 Billion
         · Average Salary $4,743
         · Teacher's Salary $5,174
         · Minimum Wage $1.00
         · Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years
         · Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000
         · An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter college; emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps.