THE 60’S AND 70’S Chapter 14

The Kennedy and Johnson YearsThe Kennedy and Johnson Years 1. President John F. Kennedy- JFK 1. President John F. Kennedy- JFK a. “New Frontier” a. “New Frontier” b. Space Program b. Space Program c. Peace Corps c. Peace Corps d. Kennedy Assassination d. Kennedy Assassination

2. Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society A. War on Poverty B. Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

THE VIETNAM WARTHE VIETNAM WAR 1. History of Vietnam a. Ho Chi Minh-Communist North Vietnam a. Ho Chi Minh-Communist North Vietnam b. Ngo Dinh Diem- b. Ngo Dinh Diem- South Vietnam

2. U.S. Involvement in Vietnam A. Eisenhower and Kennedy B. Pres. Johnson-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution B. Pres. Johnson-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

3. The U.S. War Effort in Vietnam A. In 1965 Johnson gave the order to begin bombing N. Vietnam. U.S. forces were also given permission to seekout and attack Viet Cong units, with restrictions. A. In 1965 Johnson gave the order to begin bombing N. Vietnam. U.S. forces were also given permission to seekout and attack Viet Cong units, with restrictions. B. Beginning of 1965 there were 25,000 soldiers in Vietnam. By the end of 1965 there were 184,000. B. Beginning of 1965 there were 25,000 soldiers in Vietnam. By the end of 1965 there were 184,000.

C. By the end of 1966 there were 366,000, 488,000 by the end of 1967, and 536,000 by the end of D was the turning point for most Americans- Tet Offensive

E. Battlefield Conditions 1. Perception V. Reality 2. Jungles and Rice Fields 3. Friend or Foe 4. Guerilla Warfare and Underground tunnels.

F. Hue and My Lai 4. President Richard Nixon and the end of U.S. involvement a. Cambodia and Laos b. Paris Peace Accords C. Withdraw from Saigon C. Withdraw from Saigon

5. Attitudes about the War. 6. Kent State 7. Pentagon Papers th Amendment

Social RevolutionSocial Revolution 1. Woodstock and the Counterculture 2. Democratic Convention of Democratic Convention of Migrant Workers-Cesar Chavez 4. American Indian Movement

5. The Women’s Movement a. Betty Friedan-The Feminine Mystique Mystique b. NOW-National Organization for Women for Women c. Phyllis Schafley d. ERA e. Roe v. Wade

The Nixon YearsThe Nixon Years 1. Détente a. Brinkmanship a. Brinkmanship b. Henry Kissinger c. China d. SALT I

2. Domestic Policies and Issues a. Swan v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education b. Stagflation c. OPEC Oil Embargo d. EPA-Environmental Protection Agency

3. Watergate a. Watergate Hotel b. Nixon Tapes c. Resignation d. Vice President Gerald Ford

The Ford and Carter YearsThe Ford and Carter Years 1. President Gerald Ford a. Helsinki Accords b. “WIN”-Whip Inflation Now c. Election of President Jimmy Carter a. SALT II b. Camp David Accords-Israel and Egypt

c. Afghanistan: 1980 Olympics d. Iranian Hostage Crisis 1. Shah of Iran 1. Shah of Iran 2. Ayatollah Khomeini 2. Ayatollah Khomeini 3. Iranian Hostage Crisis 3. Iranian Hostage Crisis e. Election of 1980