Dissent

Question 1

Student Radicalism

Answer 1

-student movements wanted to make America more free for all and were involved with African American Civil Rights groups and Women’s Movements
-Free Speech Movement of 1964 saw exposure of racism within organisations that students tried to challenge

Question 2

The Vietnam War

Answer 2

-Drafts - could avoid ‘The Draft’ if in college - more A.A. out of education, so 30% of young A.A. men forced to join Army, as opposed to 19% of young W.A. men
-first half of 1968, more than 100 demonstrations against war, involving 40,000 students

Question 3

Hippy Movement

Answer 3

-subtle attack on 1950s/white middle-class America where they didn’t work or study.
-Woodstock Festival 1968 highlighted this lifestyle