Chapter 26 Lives Changed 1961-1968 © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

New Voices, New Authorities Though it was formative for many, the Civil Rights Movement was only one of many challenges to American culture in the 1960s. Small political movements burst onto a larger stage © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Books, Films, Music Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Michael Harrington’s The Other America Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove The music of Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, and Jimi Hendrix © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Student Movement of the 1960s Students for a Democratic Society Battle the “Establishment” Free Speech Movement University of California at Berkeley, 1964 Mario Savio © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Camelot, the White House, and Dallas — The Kennedy Administration John F. Kennedy, the second youngest president A new generation was in charge “Camelot” © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The New Frontier Kennedy’s domestic program Kennedy slow to move on civil rights Equal Pay Act Increased funding for NASA © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Religion, Education, and the Courts 1962 - Engel v. Vitale The Supreme Court declared that schools in New York State could not open the school day with prayer. Many Americans, Protestants and Catholics, claimed that the court was “legislating God out of the public schools.” © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Kennedy’s Foreign Policy — From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis Bay of Pigs, Cuba, April 17, 1961 1,500 exiles invade 500 killed, the rest surrender October 1962 - the country stood on the brink of nuclear war Kennedy chooses a blockade Soviets remove missiles © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Dallas, Conspiracies, and Legacies Kennedy Assassination Nov. 22, 1963, Dallas Warren Commission - Investigated the assassination Found that Oswald acted alone Conspiracy theories © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Coming of Lyndon B. Johnson Born in poverty in Texas Graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College Democratic leader of the Senate “The Johnson Treatment” © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The War on Poverty and the Great Society LBJ’s “War on Poverty” Job Corps VISTA Medicare & Medicaid Federal aid to education Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Americans in Poverty MAP 26-1, Americans in Poverty © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Impact of the Voting Rights Act MAP 26-2, The Impact of the Voting Rights Act © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Vietnam The war in Vietnam would overshadow the Great Society programs LBJ inherited a mess in Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Viet Cong in South Vietnam ambushed U.S. troops LBJ - limited war © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The War in Vietnam MAP 26-3, The War in Vietnam © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

1968 Fall 1967 - Gen. William Westmoreland announced that “half of the enemy’s forces were no longer capable of combat.” Jan. 1968 - the Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive Weakened American public support for the war MLK, Jr. assassinated in Memphis © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.