This youth movement originated in the 1960s among baby boomers attending college. The economic growth of the time allowed many families to send their kids to college for the first time. On college campuses, students began to protest for issues like free speech, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War. Tactics used included demonstrations, newspapers, and passionate speeches advocating for democratic values and change. The movement spread across many college campuses and had lasting impacts like upholding student rights and influencing protests around issues like racism and nuclear power.
This youth movement originated in the 1960s among baby boomers attending college. The economic growth of the time allowed many families to send their kids to college for the first time. On college campuses, students began to protest for issues like free speech, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War. Tactics used included demonstrations, newspapers, and passionate speeches advocating for democratic values and change. The movement spread across many college campuses and had lasting impacts like upholding student rights and influencing protests around issues like racism and nuclear power.
This youth movement originated in the 1960s among baby boomers attending college. The economic growth of the time allowed many families to send their kids to college for the first time. On college campuses, students began to protest for issues like free speech, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War. Tactics used included demonstrations, newspapers, and passionate speeches advocating for democratic values and change. The movement spread across many college campuses and had lasting impacts like upholding student rights and influencing protests around issues like racism and nuclear power.
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Geography: Modern Times. Bothell, WA:
-This movement originated with the McGraw-Hill Education, 2013. baby boomers which is a huge generation born after WWII “Youth Movement and The ’68 Election.” Digital History. Anonymous, 2012. -Because of the economic growth “1968: A time for dreams and protests.” many families could now afford to DW. Susanne Spröer, 21 June 2014. send their kids to college
-College life gave kids freedom and
their own independence
-This was on college campuses all
over the nation that the youth protest movements began and reached their potential
-Tactics and Goals: Many students
wanted to make their schools better
-The Democratic society created
newspapers and the free speech By: Olivia Kaminski began to speak out Major Events: (U.S History Book, 2013). Legacy/Impact: (U.S History Book, 2013). -The Supreme Court upheld students’ rights to freedom of speech and assembly on -SDS chapters forced on protesting the campuses. From a vote the Court had the Vietnam War and other issues, including Civil Rights Act that would assure these poverty, campus regulations, nuclear power, and rights in public which would be huge for racism colleges -In Berkeley protesters were soon being used in -In the 1960s the Berkeley revolt became a tons of colleges across the nation crucial part for other student protests
-From different tactics used by the Berkeley
Key People: (U.S History Book, 2013). protesters were soon being used in college “The peace and justice movement demonstrations across the nation has to expand and not run away from -Tom Hayden who is an editor of the University of Michigan’s student the plight of gang members.” newspaper, the declaration called for an end to urge citizens to stop accepting a –Tom Hayden country run by big companies and the “Youth culture now really looks (“Tom Hayden Quotes,” 2017). government. In 1960s he was the back and embraces the past, but counterculture as a radical leader of keeps it contemporary but not America’s civil rights and antiwar sticking to one particular style.” movements (“Movement Quotes,” 2016). -The free speech movement who was led by Mario Savio and other at the University of California at Berkeley. –Anonymous He captured everyone’s attention for this movement
- He is very famous for his passionate
speeches, especially the "put your bodies upon the gears"