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Questions

Political Science Question: How did the Watergate scandal lead to the loss of innocence that permeated the 70’s?

Literary Question: What characteristics of New Journalism make it different from traditional journalism?

Musicology Question: What musical signifiers of traditional African music can be found in funk music?

Questions

1) What political occurrences caused the general sense of disillusionment that was present in the early Seventies?

2) How did the newer styles of television, journalism, and New Hollywood film reflect the changing nature of American society during the time?

3) How did funk music play into black politics of the time, and what has this genre become or influenced today?

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1. Was the white ethnic movement a reaction to the civil rights movement earlier in the decade or do you think it was more independently generated?

2. What were some of the major characteristics of new journalism and where was New Journalism most likely to be published?

3. Who were some of the major funk artists during the late 1960's and how did their music relate to the Black Power Movement?

Final Questions

1) (Poli Sci) How did 'Deep Throat' know that President Nixon was behind the break in at Watergate? Did he also work for the government?

2) (Literature) When (if ever) did white ethnics stop being considered a separate group from WASPs? How were they discriminated against?

3) (Music) How popular was psychedelic music really considering that most people in alive in the 60s weren't really part of the counterculture? How do you explain this difference?

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1. What specific social conditions helped to catalyze the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley and other student protest movements across the country?
2. What do the development of the Bakersfield sound and the rise of other country musicians reveal of the social climate of the 60s?
3. What was "new" about New Hollywood?