How do you determine success- by what parameters should we measure success? Did these movements achieve their goals- did they change American society? In what ways? How did the counterculture change meanings of freedom and did they create a more equitable society?

Lesson Module Eight: Social Movements and Revolutions

Answer the following prompt: Discuss the impact of the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s in American society. Would you describe them as successful?

How do you determine success- by what parameters should we measure success? Did these movements achieve their goals- did they change American society? In what ways? How did the counterculture change meanings of freedom and did they create a more equitable society?

These are examples of the way the professor would like you to cite (McPherson article, pg. 26) (Lecture Lesson Module Two, The American West) (Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress). Source 1: http://www.americanyawp.com/text/26-the-affluent-society/