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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s?
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Three questions tonight and throughout the course: What is history
Three questions tonight and throughout the course: What is history? What do we know about it, especially modern American history? ? How do we know?
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We will pursue our understanding of American history through essential questions. Essential questions - are open-ended, no single definitive answer - tie the past to the present - require analytical thinking (SHEG) and techniques - examine primary and secondary sources - must be supported by American history content
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
8 Questions What did JFK do the day before ordering the trade embargo on Communist Cuba?
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Question #3: “To what extent did radical change characterize the United States internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from 1945 to the 1970s?”
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
election
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Question #3: “To what extent did radical change characterize the United States internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from 1945 to the 1970s?”
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline: 1000 Days New Frontier Proposals Federal aid to public schools Medicare Civil rights bill
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
8 Questions What did JFK do the day before ordering the trade embargo on Communist Cuba?
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
8 Questions What did JFK do the day before ordering the trade embargo on Communist Cuba?
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline: 1000 Days
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Question #3: “To what extent did radical change characterize the United States internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from 1945 to the 1970s?”
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Great Society Proposals Federal aid to public schools Medicare Civil rights bill All passed under Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Question #3: “To what extent did radical change characterize the United States internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from 1945 to the 1970s?”
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Jericho, USA
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Kindly move over a little, gentlemen.
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
6. Summary 6. Summary
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Question #3: “To what extent did radical change characterize the United States internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from 1945 to the 1970s?”
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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US Troop Levels - Vietnam, 1960 To 1973
Year US forces 1959 760 1960 900 1961 3205 1962 11300 1963 16300 1964 23300 1965 184300 1966 385300 1967 485600 1968 536100
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
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The Liberal State: Kennedy and Johnson
Outline JFK and Election of 1960 1000 Days Enter LBJ Great Society Dreams “Necessary to Destroy It”: Vietnam 6. Summary Critical question #3: To what extent did foreign events affect US domestic life, 1940’s – 1960’s? Question #3: “To what extent did radical change characterize the United States internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from 1945 to the 1970s?”
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