USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Beats in the 1950s and youth culture of the 1960s have in common? They challenged conformity to “Establishment” thinking. What has been an effect of space technology and exploration on the people of the United States? It reduced tensions in the space race as a form of Cold War competition.

Detailed explanation-2: -The beats were a subculture of young people dissatisfied with the blandness of American culture and its shallow, rampant consumerism. While mainstream America seemed to ignore African American culture, the beats celebrated it by frequenting jazz clubs and romanticizing their poverty.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Beats were a group of young people that came of age in the 1950’s and rejected the traditional society of 1950 ("Beats"). They spoke out against racism, war, and consumerism while they embraced drug use and homosexuality.

Detailed explanation-4: -Out of this silent “escapist” society rose a group of nonconformists–hipsters–who rejected what they felt were unauthentic, prepackaged lives. They sought spiritual meaning in life instead of going along with America’s newfound affluence and quest for materialism.

Detailed explanation-5: -1 Simultaneously loved and hated, the Beats was a key group that emerged in response to the suburban consumerist culture of 1950s America and who established their identity through a rejection of the cultural values of their time, particularly in relation to gender expectations.