1. The Vietnam Homefront-
What’s Going Down?

2. The Silent Majority Supported the war Opposed radical movements
Tended to be white, middle class
Less political- more concerned with getting on with their lives
YouTube - SSgt Barry Sadler, Ballad of the green beret

3. COuNTERCULTURE “Hippies” Opposed the war
Opposed American consumer society
Drug culture
Tended to be young, diverse
Concerned with change
YouTube - Save the Country by the Fifth Dimension

4. Black Power
Frustrated by the lack of progress with civil rights, African Americans seek other ways to achieve equality
Nation of Islam
Black Militants- “Black Panthers”
These groups are made up of mostly young, urban African Americans
Say It Loud

5. Anti War
SDS- Students for a Democratic Society- starts on college campuses
The Weather Underground
YouTube - War - Edwin Starr

6. Women’s Rights Betty Friedan- “The Feminine Mystique”
NOW- National Organization of Women
Renewed interest in Feminism
I Am Woman
YouTube - Retro Enjoli commercial