History

Madeleine Conrad

3 August, 04:24

How did the poets and writers of the Beat Generation in the 1950s affect U. S. culture in the subsequent decade?

A. They enabled older generations of Americans to find a cultural voice.

B. They advocated a spirit of American unity and resolve as the Cold War intensified.

C. They sparked a return to traditional social and cultural values.

D. They advocated a spirit of nonconformity that gave rise to countercultural movements.