THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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Being secret communist spies in the US
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Leading to the creation of the House Un-American Activities Committee
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Writing against conformity and being a counterculture movement
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Creating literacy programs in schools
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Detailed explanation-1: -They spoke out against racism, war, and consumerism while they embraced drug use and homosexuality. Jack Kerouac, an influential part of the movement, coined the term the “beat generation.” Kerouac focused on Buddhist philosophy ("Jack Kerouac").
Detailed explanation-2: -They advocated personal release, purification, and illumination through the heightened sensory awareness that might be induced by drugs, jazz, sex, or the disciplines of Zen Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Beat Generation is known for its rejection of materialism and the standards of the day, experimentation with drugs, and spiritual and sexual liberation. It evolved in the 1960’s to become part of the hippie and larger counterculture movements.