USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE VIETNAM WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Most members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) were part of the “New Left, “ meaning
A
They rejected consumerism and mainstream society
B
They advocated equality and social justice
C
They rejected integration much like the Black Power movement
D
They rejected expanded federal programs and voting rights
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left.

Detailed explanation-2: -SDS was a radical leftist student organization that began in the United States in the mid-1960s and was active until 1969. SDS advocated for student power through direct action and actively criticized the United States’ involvment in the Vietnam war.

Detailed explanation-3: -The statement expressed SDS’s willingness to work with groups whatever their political inclination. In doing so, they sought the rejection of the extant anti-communism of the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -The contemporary SDS is a distinct youth and student-led organization with chapters across the United States. To build a fighting student movement against US wars and intervention, racist discrimination, police crimes, homophobic and transphobic attacks, attacks on women, attacks on reproductive rights, and more.

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