What role did student movements play in the counterculture, and why were they important? They drew likeminded young people together to call for social change.

They balanced the destructive impact of the counterculture on college campuses.

They proved that only young people could be members of the counterculture.

"but let us admit texas, and we shall place the balance of power in the hands of the texans themselves. they, with the southern states, will control the policy and the destiny of this nation; our tariff will then be held at the will of the texan advocates of free trade. are our friends of the north prepared to deliver over this great national policy to the people of texas? " - rep. joshua giddings, ohio, may 21, 1844 this quote points to what major issue in the years leading up to the civil war?