60S

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2. Fusion genre exemplified by Hendrix and others.
5. Concept and early models emerged in the late 1970s.
7. Terror attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
8. Influential folk-rock singer-songwriter of the 1960s.
9. Band behind the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.
11. Many chart-topping singles came from Motown in the 60s.
12. Full name of the president who resigned over Watergate.
14. 1970 NASA mission that suffered an in-flight accident but returned crew safely.
21. Rachel Carson’s 1962 book that helped spark environmentalism.
22. TV series set during the Korean War that premiered in 1972.
23. 1975 event marking the end of the Vietnam War.
27. Term describing the frenzy around the Beatles.
28. British rock band active through the 60s and 70s.
29. Lonely Hearts Club reference to Beatles album (use SGTPEPPER above).
30. Guitarist who famously played at Woodstock.
36. 1969 concert marked by violence at a Rolling Stones event.
37. Diana Ross led this Motown girl group.
43. Company founded in 1976 that helped launch the personal computer era.
44. Respectfully refers to Aretha Franklin (see ARETHAFRANKLIN).
45. Detroit record label that dominated 1960s soul music.
48. Influential anthology TV series that influenced 60s culture.
50. US president who resigned in 1974.
51. Barrier erected in 1961 dividing East and West Berlin.
52. Notorious Ford car model discontinued in the early 1960s.
55. System used during the Vietnam War to select draftees.
57. OIL CRISIS 1973 oil embargo that caused global shortages.
58. Iconic 1970s pant style.
59. Pill widely adopted in the 1960s, affecting social change.
60. Assassinated U.S. president in 1963.
66. Reggae artist who rose to international fame in the 1970s.
67. British band that led the 1964 British Invasion.
69. 1973 event that led to fuel shortages and price spikes.
70. Boxing champion who fought major bouts in the 60s and 70s.
72. 1970s footwear trend with thick soles.
74. First time humans walked on the Moon in 1969.
75. Second-wave movement that gained momentum in the 60s and 70s.
77. Famous New York nightclub associated with late-70s disco.
78. Iconic club lighting associated with disco era.
79. Term not used — skip (use ROLLINGSTONE magazine instead).
83. Beatles 1967 concept album noted for its cover and songs.
85. First person to walk on the Moon.
86. Burning of these became a protest symbol in the 60s.
88. Large outdoor music gatherings like Woodstock.
89. LASVEGAS 1964 film starring Elvis Presley (Elvis remained culturally significant into the 70s).
90. Blues-rock singer who rose to fame in the late 1960s.
92. Dance music and club culture that rose in the 1970s.
94. Author of The Feminine Mystique, influential in second-wave feminism.
95. Music magazine founded in 1967 covering music and politics.
96. While the modern festival is later, large UK music festivals grew from 60s/70s roots.
97. 1969 New York riots that helped launch the gay liberation movement.
98. Movement that led to Earth Day in 1970.
99. King of Rock and Roll who died in 1977.

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1. 1967 San Francisco cultural movement centered on peace and music.
3. 1973 horror film that became a cultural phenomenon.
4. NASA mission that landed humans on the Moon.
6. 1960s wave of UK bands topping US charts.
10. Scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
13. Genre blending folk and rock popularized in the 60s.
15. Slogan associated with 1960s counterculture and Woodstock.
16. RACE Competition between US and USSR culminating in Moon landing.
17. Bus boycott city associated with Rosa Parks and civil rights activism.
18. Major conflict that dominated US foreign policy in the 1960s and early 1970s.
19. 1972 US law expanding educational gender equity (higher-education era).
20. 1963 event that shocked the United States.
24. 1970 Ohio university where four students were shot during protests.
25. Groundbreaking 1971 sitcom addressing social issues.
26. 1964 US law outlawing discrimination in public places.
31. 1972 crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
32. Duplicate avoided — see ROLLINGSTONES.
33. 1970s surge in recreational cycling and bike sales.
34. Founded in the mid-1970s and rose in the late 70s/80s.
35. Children’s educational TV show that began in 1969.
38. 1962 Cold War confrontation between US and USSR.
39. First celebrated in 1970 to raise environmental awareness.
40. Social movement challenging mainstream norms in the 60s.
41. Environmental Protection Agency created in 1970.
42. Leader of the 1963 I Have a Dream march.
46. Sci-fi TV series that debuted in 1966.
47. Band formed in the early 1970s known for makeup and stage shows.
49. Counterculture movement associated with peace, love, and psychedelia.
53. SULLIVAN Show where the Beatles made their famous 1964 US TV debut.
54. Mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
56. Famous for fights like The Rumble in the Jungle (1974).
58. 1960s clothing trend popularized by designers like Mary Quant.
61. 1960s musical movement including artists like Dylan and Joan Baez.
62. 1976 boxing film that became an underdog classic.
63. US constitutional amendment that lowered voting age to 18.
64. 1975 film often credited as the first summer blockbuster.
65. Early consumer video formats began to appear in the late 1970s.
68. Genre that flourished in the 1960s and 1970s.
71. Singer known as the Queen of Soul.
73. 1977 space-opera film that launched a major franchise.
76. 1969 music festival billed as An Aquarian Exposition.
80. Prominent feminist and journalist active in the 60s–70s.
81. Influential hard-rock band formed in the late 1960s.
82. Program name for NASA’s Moon missions.
84. Activist whose arrest helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
87. Magazine and media chronicled 60s and 70s culture.
91. The birth-control pill reshaped social norms in the 60s.
93. Psychedelic drug associated with 1960s counterculture.