The Sixties

• reps-nixon
• dems-jfk

• 43- youngest president
• rich
• catholic

Nixon and Kennedy have the first televised presidential debates

the New Frointeer

• cut taxes, lowered tariffs, raised min. wage
• increased defense spending by 20%

russians put first man in space

first americans in space

peaceful means of protesting discrimination in public places

• Student Non-violent coordination committee)
• group that worked peacefully for civil rights, but later became more radical

• tried to end segregation in interstate bus transportation
• met with violence

favored it but acted slowly because of the southern democrats

black man who tried to enroll at university of Mississippi

sent troops to let him enroll in the school

MLK leads a peacful demonstration in Birmingham

used police dogs, firehoses, etc

• TV coverage turned world opinion against that type of action
• forced gov't to do something

• I have a dream
• dreamed of colorblind society

gave verbal support, but did little

volunteers who gave help to undevolped countries

gave help to improve living conditions in Latin America

• JFK's biggest disaster
• US backed attempt by Cuban refugees to overthrow Castro

made JFK look weak

built by Russians to keep people from leaving East Berlin

went to west berlin and demanded the wall be torn down

JKF's biggest success

putting nuclear weapons in cuba

put a naval blockade around cuba

Russia backed down

US and Russia would tolerate one another

build up of conventional weapons to give US more options

wanted to get the US out of vietnam in his sencond administration

increased number of military adviors from 700 to 16000

Lee Harvey Oswald

that oswald acted alone

put the US in mourning

mainly ideals

• Dem-Lyndon B Johnson
• Rep-Barry Goldwater

founder of modern conservative movement

• Johnson won big
• 5 deep south states voted for goldwater

LBJ's domestic program

center of the great society

• job corps- trained young people for jobs
• UISTA-peace corps for america
• Head-start- preschool for poor children

health insurance for elderly

• Housing and Urban Development 
• new cabinet post

promoted black voter registration in mississppi

• gave the federal government oversight in voting and registration
• outlawed literacy test
• greatly increased black voter registration

• lasted 6 days and killed over 30 people
• lead to other riots in nework detroit and more

• upset many americans even many who supported civil rights
• proved that racism was not just a southern problem

concluded that the riots were the result of white rasicm

• became a member of the nation of islam
• black sepratist

• leader of SNCC and a segregationist
• promoted black power

openly violent org.

a more positive message that promoted black culture

led to more riots across the country

• ideal activism of JFK
• promoted by baby boomers, civil rights movement, and vietnam

claimed that power was based on love and reason

manifesto for the SDS

considered the start of the student protest movement

vietnam

radical group that used violence against the us

places where the young people lived and worked together

increase in use and type of drugs

dropped out of society

movement away from traditional values

• music festival 
• height of youth culture

women needed to leave the home and pursue carrers

org. for women that worked for women's rights

• Equal Right amendment
• no discrimination because of gender or sex
• passed by congress, not state

• United Farm workers
• worked to get better pay for seasonal workers

political org. for mexican americans

worked for indian rights

US ships were fired on by N.V. in international waters

• gave johnson the power to use any means in vietnam
• led to combat troops being sent to vietnam

Attack by the Viet Cong that was defeated by the US

• The media said Tet was a US defeat
• convinced many americans that govt had not been honest with them

Johnson mishandled the war

• America had to vital interest in vietnam
• SV govt was corrupt
• war fought by poor
• war was costing to many american lives

those who wanted to be in vietnam and those who didnt

wrecked his administation

• Dems
•     Eugene McCarthy-anti-war, won NH primary,      Cause LBJ to drop out
•     Robert Kennedy-assinated 
•     Hubert Humphrey-LBJ VP
• REP-Nixon-VP-Spiro Agnew
• American Independet-George Wallace-segregationist

riots and protests that hurt the democrats image

1969

18 year olds could vote

basically legalized abortion

book that described the dangers of pestisides

Enviormental protection agency formed by nixon

Nixons plan to withdraw US troops and turn war over to SV

In 1970 Nizon announced we were invading Cambodia and this upset many americans

• a protest against the invasion of cambodia
• 4 students killed by the national gaurd

had worked for the state department and stole secret documents and gave them to the NY times to publish

• Nixon goes to court to make the Times stop publishing them 
• court sides with Times

US withdrew military from vietnam

US stops sending money to vietnam and SV fell to communists

• 58000 died 
• divided america
• hurt US reputation
• Vietnam syndrome
• Treatment of vietnam veterans

Nixons attempt to bring more peacful relations between US and USSR

Kissenger went back and forth between Isreal and arab countries to promote peace in the Middle East

group formed by Nixon to help him get reelected

CREEP broke into the watergate hotel to get information out of the democratic national headquaters

probablly did not know about the break in but he did cover it up

• Congress begins the impeachment process
• goldwater told nixon that if he didnt resign the repbulicans would impeach him

• 1974
• Ford became president

pardoned him

• created more mis trust of govt
• increased power of media

Carter won because he was an outsider

• price of gas went up 
• dept. of energy set up to promote energy in america

• up to 13%
• Stagflation- a stagnant economy

Vietnam draft dodgers

brought peace between Egypt and Isreal

• Iran took 50 americans hostage
• Carter had no answer
• Result-ended carters chance of getting reeclected

US agreed to give panama canal to panama

boycotts olympics

• Reagan
• victory for new conservativism

• supply side economics
• taxing and spending cuts
• increase deficit

• Nicaragua was taken over by the Sandinistas who were communists
• Contras were those fighting against sandinistias

• wanted to give money to contras
• congress refused
• reagan sold weapons to iran and gave the money to the contras

the evil empire

system to destroy missles from space

meetings to discuss liminting nuclear weapons

• 1989-eastern europe broke away from soviet control
• 1989- Belin wall torn down
• 1991-soviet union falls