Vietnam Survey

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Survey of The Sixties and Early Seventies

In the 1960's, the baby boomers became teenagers and were growing up in the Cold War. Because of the threat of nuclear disaster, many of these young people felt they were living on the edge of disaster. Many of them blamed their elders who had grown up in the Depression and World War II , this created the "generation gap". The "generation gap" was brought on by the many differences in beliefs and values between the older and younger generations. One of the differences was the use of drugs. People who used drugs were, on average, younger than those who didn't and had a weaker relationship with their parents. Looking at these charts, its suggests that age, drug use, and relationships with parents we


In conclusion the sixties and early seventies seamed like a time where the baby boomers were breaking away from the conformist ideas of their parents and elders. These young people created what was called the "generation gap" and tried to not to fall into the mainstream of consumerism like their post Depression-era parents had once did. Because of this, relationships with parents were weakened and people were more experimental with their sexuality and drug use. We surveyed over 300 men and women to see how this time period affected them and what their views were on the hippie movement, Vietnam War.

According to the data and charts, more men and women had friends who did drugs than those who didn't (chart 1&2). But, the data does not say if

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