In the 1960s, What Did the Term "Counterculture" Refer To

question 49

Multiple Choice

In the 1960s, what did the term "counterculture" refer to?

• A) a conservative movement among American youth who were nostalgic for the simple habits of the 1950s.
• B) an environmental movement dedicated to countering the polluting effects of American consumer culture.
• C) a youth culture that was radically disaffiliated from the mainstream assumptions of American society.
• D) an urban middle-class reform movement that opposed the growing use of "uppers" and "downers" throughout American society.
• E) a movement to increase American consumerism in order to solve the nation's economic woes.

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