Revise later
SpaceTo flip
If confident
All Flashcards
What were the causes and effects of the Vietnam War protests?
Causes: Questionable justifications for the war, high costs. Effects: Increased activism, skepticism towards government.
What were the causes and effects of the Sexual Revolution?
Causes: Women's liberation, birth control pill, changing laws. Effects: Increased premarital sex, challenged gender roles.
What were the causes and effects of the rise of the New Left?
Causes: Civil rights movement, Vietnam War, economic divide. Effects: Grassroots organizing, participatory democracy.
What were the causes and effects of the Counterculture movement?
Causes: Civil rights movement, Vietnam War, women's liberation. Effects: Rejection of mainstream values, new forms of art and music.
What is the New Left?
A political movement of young people disillusioned with traditional politics, seeking radical social change.
What is the Port Huron Statement?
A political manifesto by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) calling for participatory democracy and social justice.
What is Counterculture?
A rejection of mainstream values and a rebellion against traditional social, political, and cultural norms.
Who were the 'hippies'?
Members who expressed counterculture values. They rejected materialism, conformity, and consumerism of mainstream society.
What was the 'Summer of Love'?
The summer of 1967, when young people flocked to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury to embrace counterculture.
What was the 'Sexual Revolution'?
A change in American attitudes toward sexual expression, challenging traditional taboos and restrictions.
Define Hallucinogenic drugs
Drugs such as LSD that were experimented with during the youth counterculture movement.
Who was Tom Hayden?
A student activist who wrote the Port Huron Statement and became a prominent figure in the New Left.
Who was Alfred Kinsey?
Pioneering researcher whose surveys on sexual practice challenged traditional beliefs about sexuality.