The decade of the 60s is arguably one of the most controversial decades of all time. There have been so many changes brought about by a substantial amount of significant events and new ideas crammed into a short period of time that have shaped this generation to think and act differently. The new generation experienced a change in mentality once they arrived at university where they gained some experience in education and social freedom, which led them to realize that certain aspects of society did not seem quite right to them. simply not correct. The new counterculture was so large and influential because the baby boomer generation was starting to go to college around this time. The counterculture began with a wide spread of tensions due to many sociological issues, then intensified and created a new culture. This phenomenon known as the counterculture movement began to become a legitimate movement and challenge the dominant views of society. This greatly influenced and influenced the younger generation to think differently and become part of a new subculture that began to multiply due to the social problems that occurred in the United States in the 60s. During this period, many sociological issues were raised by members of the society who disagreed. Tensions began to rise and those who disagreed with what the government was doing decided to stand together and defend their rights. At this time, the younger academic generation became more educated and were able to point out the flaws in current politics. The counterculture began with a series of left-wing movements stemming from sociological issues such as civil rights, free speech, and the Vietnam War. The civil rights movement was the first in a long series of successful policy change movements...... middle of document ......6. Gerard J. DeGroot, The Sixties Unplugged (Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008)7. Kitty Powe-Temperley, 20th Century Fashion: Mods and Hippies of the 1960s (Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2000)8. Nicholas Bromell, Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)9. Orrin Schwab, A Clash of Cultures (Connecticut: Praeger Security International, 2006)10. Paul Friedlander, Rock and Roll: A Social History (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996)11. Reginald Zelnik and Robert Cohen, The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s (California: University of California Press, 2002)12. Simon Hall, Peace and Freedom: The Civil Rights and Antiwar Movements of the 1960s (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005)13. Thomas Powers, The War at Home (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1973)