New Left
• The Movement
• Hippies
• Beliefs: anti-war, rights for everyone, university reforms
• Often young radicals
• Was not the majority of Americans
• Loosely organized
Student for a Democratic Society
• was one of the most active anti-war groups.
• They were also against racial discrimination and strict college rules.
• Rich mans war but a poor mans fight
Free Speech Movement
• Berkeley students disputed over rights of students
• students challenged campus police and striked in large mass
• nearly decade of campus turmoil
• moved along to Columbia and other colleges
Weathermen
• 1969
• small groups of militants that cultivated popular imgae of student radicalism= cahos + disorder
• responsible for arson, bombing= destroy campus buildings + lives
• tried to drive out training programs + bar military recruiters from college campuses
Antiwar rallies
• in protest of Vietnam war, many individuals gathered to advocate against the political minds and US presence in Vietnam
• 1960s (late '60s)
• organized some of the largest political demonstrations in American history
Anti-draft movement
• Protests against the military draft.
• 1960s and 70s
• only voluntary participation. Many left the country
Counterculture
• culture with values and beliefs different then the mainstream
• 1970s
Woodstock
• A music festival held in New York in 1969
• the beatles, jimmy hendrix
Termination
• Reducing size of bureaucracy by cutting programs/agencies - reduce budget
• Permanent cuts have been limited.
• -Citizens dislike the bureaucracy but benefit from provided services
Assimililation
• Minority groups adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
• formed to organize tribes to deal in a more unified way with US govt.

• 1944
• Respond to the termination threats
American Indian