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Identify a group that emerged in the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s. What were the stated grievances of this group? What were their goals and tactics?
Identify 3 different groups that emerged during the 1960s and 1970s that resorted to violence to achieve their goals.
What were their stated grievances and goals?
What extremist (terrorist) tactics did they employ?
How has religion served as a motivator for domestic terror organizations?
What domestic terrorist organizations have founded their motivation solely on religious beliefs, and what were/are their grievances and goals?
What are the 2 most prominent groups that have resorted to terrorist activities because of environmental issues?
What are their stated grievances and goals, and what tactics have they employed?
How do all of the groups selected for this assignment differ, and how are they similar?

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This solution provides students with 3 radical groups that emerged during the 1960s and 70s and engaged in tactics that would be categorized as terrorism by the government to advance their agendas and goals.

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Identify a group that emerged in the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s. What were the stated grievances of this group? What were their goals and tactics?

Hippies emerged in the 1960s counterculture and their grievances were against the system, law enforcement, the Vietnam War, and authority. They wanted to shatter the entire previous culture bestowed upon them by their elders and resorted to drug use and civil disobedience as well as mass protests to achieve their goals.

Identify 3 different groups that emerged during the 1960s and 1970s that resorted to violence to achieve their goals.

The Weather Underground, Black Panthers, and the Symbionese Liberation Army all resorted to violence to achieve their goals of racial justice and equality against a state and government that oppressed ...

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