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U.s. History: Voices Against Conformity

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The decade of the 1950s was kown for conformity. There was an undercurrent of rebellion, especially among younger Americans. Read about the Beat Generation, alternative literature, rebellion in art, and treatment of those who were not WASPS.

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alienation, culture in the 1950s, military-industrial complex, nonconformity, racial prejudice, ushistory.org, beat generation, independence hall association, jack kerouac, james dean, marlon brando, operation wetback, alternative literature, barrops, conformity in the 1950s, teenage delinquency
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)