Objective 11.06 Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences.

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Objective Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences

HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development/ assistance for low- income housing

Head Start 1965/ Development program for children from birth to 5

VISTA Volunteers in service to America, developed to help low- income communities

Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance for people 65 and older

Peace Corps Volunteer organization started by President Kennedy to help third world countries.

National Endowment for the Humanities Independent Grant making agency dedicated to research and education in the humanities

New York Times v US 1971 President Nixon argued that the release of the Pentagon Papers threatened National Security

US v Nixon 1974 President Nixon must release recorded conversations in the White House to Watergate investigators

Sam Ervin/Senate Watergate Committee North Carolina Senator/ Head of the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate break-in

John Dean Former counsel to President Nixon/ spent 4 months in jail for his role in the Watergate break-in

Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein Washington Post Writers/ Broke the story of the break-in at the Watergate hotel

Democratic National Convention 1968 Anti-war protest turns violent/ Chicago police called in to restore order/ Hubert Humphrey selected by the democrats to run against Richard Nixon in 1968

25 th Amendment Amendment to the Constitution concerning Presidential Succession

Students for a Democratic Society Radical student led political organization for free speech on American Campuses/ supported liberal causes/ anti-war