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Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

Youth Culture of the 1960s

Explain why young Americans in the 1960s turned against the Vietnam War, against liberal leaders, and against their parents' values, and what changed as a result.

Topic 8.12 · 16 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Why the young rebelled when they did
  2. 02The New Left: a critique of liberalism from the left
  3. 03The movement against the war grew with the war
  4. 04The counterculture: rejecting the parents' way of life
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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