2. How did music in the 1960s reflect the changing nature of American society? What issues were important to singers and songwriters in the 1960s? Name one way in which we see how important

music was to young people in the 1960s. (8 points)

Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and The Rolling Stones.

Explanation:

Music help make many new genres of music, help put people in high spirit during the political movement; which include the the Vietnam War and the the fighting for civil rights.

many new genres of music were created. this helped keep morale up during all of the political stuff that was going n, which included the vietnam war and the civil rights movement.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.

whole lotta ptsd going on