cepedaemily23 cepedaemily23 19-05-2023 History contestada The Woodstock Festival of 1969 was a significant event because Question 20 options: it defined the racial struggle that existed in American at the time. it was first time that an American music concert grossed over $1 million dollars in ticket sales. it was a symbol of the American counter-culture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. the festival was not legal in the state of New York and therefore was against state laws.