During the 1960s, a new culture spread throughout the United States, fomenting the Flower Power movement and aversion to the typical American lifestyle. These “Hippies,” as they were known, didn't want to fit in with the mainstream crowd. The name "hippie" comes from the term "hipster". It described how the Hippies believed we should make love, not war, their explicit opposition to US involvement in the Vietnam War, and the increasingly bumpy road to sharing civil rights among all Americans led to this new form alternative activism. . But the Hippie movement wasn't just about experimentation. The concept of Flower Power also emerged as passive resistance to the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. The 1960s were a truly noteworthy time in America. It may have best culminated in the drastic social change led by the hippies. Before this period the United States was dominated by a clean and conservative culture. Americans generally lived in a conformist society where most people lived by social norms, including hard work and stay-at-home moms. Then came the sixties. Hippies enjoy the free-spirited lifestyle that has completely cut them off from mainstream American culture. They didn't like the life their parents left them and wanted to live in their own utopian society full of peace and love. They despised the greed they saw in corporations and business. Other beliefs they held were acceptance of all people, equality, and involvement in Eastern religions such as Buddhism. They experimented with music and other art forms, enjoyed communal living, and loved being in harmony with nature. They believed in free love. This includes......middle of paper......an established haunt in Chicago's Old Town, Atlanta's 14th Street, New York's Greenwich Village and, what was the informal capital and birthplace of that movement, Haight-Ashbury of San Francisco. The hippies wanted a society based on love, trust and tolerance. For this reason they could not accept the war in Vietnam at that time and many of them took part in various pacifist demonstrations. The hippie era was accompanied by many mottos such as "Killing for peace is like fucking for chastity" or "Tune in, turn on, drop out" which found their origin in opposition to the ongoing war and their attitude towards life in general. To realize their intentions of peace and love in the world, they turned to Rock'n'Roll music, colorful clothing and appearance, the liberal use of "soft" drugs such as marijuana and LSD (known also as acid) and to practice...