"The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee now states its opposition to United States involvement in Vietnam on these grounds:"We believe the United States government has been deceptive in its claims of concern for the freedom of the Vietnamese people, just as the government has been deceptive in claiming concern for the freedom of colored people in such other countries as the Dominican Republic, the Congo, South Africa, Rhodesia, and the United States itself."We . . . have been involved in the black people's struggle for liberation and self-determination in this country for the past five years. Our work, particularly in the South, has taught us that the United States government has never guaranteed the freedom of oppressed citizens, and is not yet truly determined to end the rule of terror and oppression within its own borders. . . ."We are in sympathy with, and support, the men in this country who are unwilling to respond to a military draft which would compel them to contribute their lives to United States aggression in Vietnam in the name of the 'freedom' we find so false in this country."Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), position paper on Vietnam, 1966The activities of young people like those in SNCC exemplify which of the following broader changes in United States society during the 1960s?AMany embraced an idealized suburban lifestyle.BMany rejected the values of previous generations.CMany opposed the women's rights movementDMany supported for conservative political policies.

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