2013 - #5 (b) : 2. Evaluate the extent to which different members of the counter culture contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostered change in the United States from 1945 to 1975.

Answer

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• They rejected the cultural standards of their parents in respect to racial segregation, women rights and materialism

• It reflected ideals of American freedom of speech, equality and peace

• Some members reflected unpatriotic assault of the country's moral stability

Explanation

Counter culture was the period between 1964-1972 where the norms of 1950s were not practiced by the youths. A noticeable characteristic of this period was rejection of convectional norms of the 1950s. The youths were against racial segregation and the widespread support of the Vietnam war. Hippies were the largest counterculture group with ideals and interest such music, drugs, communitarian experiments and sexual liberation.

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