Alyssa Hiler
HSTRY 498
March 18th, 2015
Cults and Counterculture
During the 1960’s, America was going through a drastic change in political participation,
religious involvement and traditional American values. Young Americans saw this as the
“Golden Age of Change”. The Civil rights movement was in full swing and had the support of
the white house while the idea of fighting a domestic issue, the War on Poverty seemed hopeful
to Americans. Unfortunately, the war in Vietnam took priority and sent the War on Poverty back…
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