In the 1960s, the United States experienced a time of affluence, a time which contrasted with the austerity of the World Wars and the Great Depression. This produced a ‘beat generation’, a youth counter culture of hippies, free speech, and anti-war sentiment.
Opposition to the vietnam war.
OPPOSITION TO THE VIETNAM WAR.
Opposition to the Vietnam War began as small leftists intellectual groups on college campuses. By 1965 however, the movement was nationwide. The SDS, (Students for a Democratic Society) had attracted increasing support in the following years.