The Decade of Trial and Error

Melissa Reyes

Victor Chavez

History 101

May 16, 2008

The Decade of Trial and Error

Ever wonder what decade may be the finest to live in? Most would agree and say the fifties generation. The generation of no worries, conformity, providing husbands, new technology, and complete families were the fifties, and those were the days. Author Terry Anderson describes it the fifties were “The Happy Days.” In his book, The Sixties, Anderson illustrates the solid mark of the end of the happy days and the introduction of the sixties mayhem.

The sixties became a defining point in United States history. There were many problems emerged in the government, society, and abroad. Presidents were frightened for their pride rather than the amount of lives lost in war. White people became local terrorists towards Blacks in United States. The Blacks struggled for desegregation and equality. Americans were confused for the undeclared motives in the Vietnam War. Women were treated unfair in the workforce. In return developed the Hippies, women activists, and rebellious military soldiers. Americans knocked in the door to reality, and the flood of problems came left and right. The Sixties shows how Americans handled the issues and the consequences that arrived with it.

From the beginning of John F. Kennedy’s presidency in 1960, instead