Please discuss the following prompt with a minimum of 300 words and 2 direct quotes from Eric Foner's Give Me Liberty. Be sure to use parenthetical citations when quoting from the textbook.

Please discuss the following prompt with a minimum of 300 words and 2 direct quotes from Eric Foner's Give Me Liberty. Be sure to use parenthetical citations when quoting from the textbook. Upon completion, respond to three of your fellow classmates with a meaningful paragraph which should include a specific compliment, constructive criticism, and further elaboration that pertains to the historical analysis presented.

Prompt:

During the 1960s, the United States had become a more open, more tolerant—in a word, freer—country. Defend or refute that statement with specific examples that demonstrate more openness, tolerance, and freedom or the lack thereof