How did activist groups work to cure social problems in the 1980s?

As the decade of the 1960s began, the United States had the “highest mass standard of living” in world history.1 The strong American postwar economy of the late 1940s and 1950s continued into the 1960s. In fact, from 1940 to 1960, the U.S. gross national product increased fivefold.2 There were several reasons for this economic growth.

In Europe, the switch from alcohol to coffee was very important because drinking coffee became associated with intellect. Instead of intellects meeting at the local tavern, more and more intellectual individuals began to meet at the local coffeehouse to drink coffee and discuss ideas and developments for Europe.

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