+ Age of Activism Students and the Counterculture.

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+ Age of Activism Students and the Counterculture

+ Hippies “Make love, not war” Very anti-war effort Promote love and unity

+ Draft resistance The Selective Service Act was created after WWII and required men between 18 and 26 to register for the draft Those who opposed the war (usually for moral reasons) could be forced into military service Deferment: young men could postpone being drafted by going to college What do we think this did to the number of people in college? Others would flee the country or simply burn their draft cards

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+ Students for a Democratic Society Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was created to enact drastic social change Criticized nuclear armament, racism, and economic inequality These ideas formed the political movement known as the New Left Sound familiar?

+ Free Speech Movement Started at University of California Berkeley when students were prevented from taking part in the Civil Rights Movement Students across the country took part in the Free Speech Movement Their goal was to ensure colleges weren’t restricting their rights and to get students involved in campus policy making The Teach-in Movement