Wax badan oo ka mid ah qaabka hippie ayaa lagu daray bulshada guud ee Mareykanka horaantii 1970-yadii. Riwaayadaha waaweyn ee dhagaxa ah ee ka dhashay KFRC Fantasy Fair iyo Magic Mountain Music Festival iyo Monterey Pop Festival iyo British Isle of Wight Festival ee 1968 waxay noqdeen kuwa caadiga ah, oo u beddelay dhagaxa garoonka. Dhaqdhaqaaqa ka soo horjeeda dagaalka ayaa gaaray heerkii ugu sarreeyay 1971-kii Dibadbaxyada 1-da May markii in ka badan 12,000 oo dibadbaxayaal ah lagu xiray Washington, DC; Madaxweyne Nixon laftiisa ayaa runtii ka soo baxay Aqalka Cad wuxuuna la sheekeystay koox ka mid ah dibadbaxayaasha hippie. Ciidanka ayaa la joojiyay wax yar kadib, 1973. bartamihii iyo dabayaaqadii 1970-yadii,
ciidanka xoogga iyo dagaalkii Vietnam, cusbooneysiinta dareenka wadaniyada ee la xidhiidha soo dhawaanshaha Mareykanka ee laba boqol oo sano, hoos u dhaca caan ka ahaanshaha dhagaxa maskaxda, iyo soo bixitaanka noocyo cusub sida prog rock, heavy metal, disco, iyo punk rock, warbaahinta caadiga ah waxay lumisay xiisaha dhaqanka ka soo horjeeda hippie. Isla mar ahaantaana waxaa jiray dib u soo nooleyn ka mid ah subculture Mod, skinheads, wiilasha teddy iyo soo bixitaanka dhaqamada cusub ee dhalinyarada, sida punks, goths (hoosaadka farshaxanka ee punk), iyo ciyaaraha kubbadda cagta; laga bilaabo dabayaaqadii 1960 ee Britain, hippies waxay bilaabeen inay weeraraan by skinheads.