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.

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

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

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