US History › Section O · The 1960s and 1970s › Topic O.4
Challenging the status quo
In the 1960s, the large baby boom generation reached college age in a time of unusual prosperity, and many young people, along with women of all ages, began to question the institutions and roles their parents had accepted. Students challenged universities and the Vietnam War, and a revived women's movement changed law, work and family life.
In this topic
- A generation comes of age
- The New Left and SDS
- Worked example: reading the Port Huron Statement
- The Free Speech Movement, 1964
- The antiwar movement
- Women rethink their roles
- Worked example: how "sex" entered Title VII
- NOW and the pill
- Radical feminism
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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