How and Why Did a More Conservative Mood Evolve in the Nation

question 104

Essay

How and why did a more conservative mood evolve in the nation during the late 1960s and early 1970s? How did this mood evolve out of radicalism? What happened to the New Left, and why?

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Definitions:

Chloromethane

A colorless, flammable gas with a faintly sweet odor, used in the production of silicones.

Lewis Structure

A diagrammatic representation of the bonding between atoms of a molecule and the lone pairs of electrons in the molecule.

Ethyne

Also known as acetylene, it is a colorless gas used as a fuel and a chemical building block.

Double Bonds

Chemical bonds formed when two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms, resulting in stronger attraction and shorter bond length compared to single bonds.