One concept of the generation gap is that parents and offspring have different values and beliefs. As a result, many parents fear that they will lose influence with children when peer opinions become highly valued. In the 1960's the generation gap developed from three situations. These situations are Free Speech, Civil Rights, and the Vietnam War. Older generations had a different vision than the younger generation. This caused a lot of conflict.
In the forties, and fifties speaking out against your president, or government was considered unpatriotic. In the sixties the younger generation didn't agree on a lot of issues that the government and the country were dealing with. These people didn't like that their friends were getting sent to a war. They also felt the United States did wrong by getting involved in war that didn't involve them. One major incident that started Free Speech was the protesting at Berkeley College. In 1964 students at Berkley were trying to express their......
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