New Frontier JFK Assassinated Conspiracy Theories Source: Source: Source: President John F. Kennedy John and Jackie Kennedy Kennedy program designed to aid foreign countries and discourage communism Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of being the assassin Kennedy challenged the nation to reach for the moon, which we did reach in President’s Family watches his funeral with a stunned nation Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath to become President Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Nov while riding in a motorcade 64

LBJ and Civil Rights Great Society Medicare and Medicaid Source: Source: Source: First Medicare Application card when President Lyndon Johnson signed former President Harry Truman as Medicare’s first recipient. Lyndon Johnson goal was the “Great Society” HUD was established to improve living conditions for many Americans This is the 1 st application for Medicare when LBJ signed up Harry Truman for the program Great Society programs such as Head Start tried to battle poverty Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Example of devastating poverty in many rural parts of the nation in the 1960’s Inner city slums and poverty also created major problems 65

Bus Boycotts Martin Luther King Jr. School Crisis in Little Rock Source: Source: Source: Rosa Parks Elizabeth Eckford on her way to school in Little Rock Martin Luther King Arrested Troops escort students to classes in 1957 Martin Luther King Jr.President Harry Truman President Dwight Eisenhower Troops escorting black student to school in Little Rock Arkansas 66

Sit-In Movement Birmingham, 1963 March on Washington Source: Source: Source: Remains of a Freedom Riders bus that was attacked Protestor being attacked in Birmingham, 1963 Protestors marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest Fire-hoses aimed at protestors in Birmingham, 1963 Participants at the Greensboro Lunch-counter sit-ins James Meredith escorted to class at the University of Mississippi MLK at the March on Washington where he gave the “I Have a Dream” Speech 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington 67

Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam Call for Black Power Assassinations Source: Source: Source: Wife and Child of assassinated leader Medgar Evers Voting Rights Protestor arrested in Selma Cartoon showing tensions of the era Black Panthers Pin U.S. Olympians who raised their fists to represent Black Power in the 1968 Olympics Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy is also killed in 1968 Malcolm X is killed by a rival member of the Nation of Islam after some ideological differences 1968 Candidate Richard Nixon wins southern support with a promise to stay out of civil rights issues 68

Search and Destroy War, Television, and Credibility Vietnam Protests Source: Source: Source: Walter Cronkite, anchorman of CBS News— called the “most trusted man in America” President Kennedy sent the first”advisor” to Vietnam Protests began to develop LBJ never intended in being so involved in Vietnam, but it happened. Map showing the area of Vietnam U.S. on a “search and destroy” mission American planes spray Agent Orange to kill the jungles T.V. brought the war into peoples homes nearly uncensored LBJ asked the Congress to send troops to Vietnam in

Tet Offensive Homefront Crisis Vietnam Legacy Source: Source: Source: Troops near a U.S. helicopter The surprise Tet Offensive in Jan 1968 proved that the Viet Cong were not going to give up LBJ announces his intention to not run for re-election Memorial Statue for soldiers who fought in Vietnam College protest at the University of California- Berkeley The death of college protestors at Kent State- They were shot by the National Guard Richard Nixon finally pulled all U.S. troops out of Vietnam in 1973 U.S. B-52 bombers dropped more bombs on Vietnam than on Europe in WW II 70

Hippy Culture Women’s Liberation Movement 60’s Legacy Source: Source: Source: Haight-Ashbury streets in S.F. was Hippy central Rock star Jimi HendrixFolk singer Janis Joplin Poster for the Woodstock music festival Feminist leader Betty Freidan Migrant farm worker activist Chesar Chavez Hippy crowd at Woodstock 60’s saw the arrival of the Beatles 71

Richard Nixon Nixon and Detente Fall of a President Source: Source: Source: President Richard Nixon John Dean testifies at the Watergate Hearings Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Staggering inflation during the 70’s hurt living standards Nixon’s détente policy opens talks with China President Nixon arrives in the USSR to ease tensions Sign showing the seriousness of the gas shortage Part of the Watergate Complex where the break-in occurred 72