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JFK, LBJ, NIXON
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Civil Rights Protests Anti-Vietnam Protests Pro-Vietnam Protests Culture of drugs Change in Music Shift in Society
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Civil Rights movement: Started by JFK a. Voting Rights b. Sent Marshalls for Freedom Riders/and college students c. Promoted equality and education d. Sister Lived in Jefferson, Wisconsin e. Promoted Metacare
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The Great Society War on Poverty : forty programs that were intended to eliminate poverty by improving living conditions and enabling people to lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty. Education: sixty separate bills that provided for new and better-equipped classrooms, minority scholarships, and low-interest student loans. Medicare & Medicaid : guaranteed health care to every American over sixty-five. The Environment : introduced measures to reclaim our heritage of clean air and water. National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities : created with the philosophy that artists, performers, and writers were a priceless part of our heritage and deserve support. Job Corps : provided enabling skills for young men and women. Head Start : program for four- and five-year-old children from disadvantaged families that gave them a chance to start school on an even basis with other youngsters.
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HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF 1963 DEC. 16, 1963 PREVENTION & ABATEMENT OF AIR POLLUTION (THE CLEAN AIR ACT) DEC. 17, 1963 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 DEC. 18, 1963 INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ACT JAN. 22,1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 JULY 2, 1964 URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964 JULY 9, 1964 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1964 AUG. 13, 1964 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT OF 1964 AUG. 20, 1964 FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1964 AUG. 31, 1964 WILDERNESS ACT SEPT. 3, 1964 NATIONAL ARTS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1964 SEPT. 3, 1964 MANPOWER ACT OF 1965 APRIL 26, 1965 OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 JULY 14, 1965 SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF 1965 JULY 30, 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 AUG. 6, 1965 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 AUG. 10, 1965 PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 AUG. 26, 1965 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT SEPT. 9, 1965 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS & THE HUMANITIES ACT OF 1965 SEPT. 29, 1965 AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT OCT. 2, 1965 AMENDMENT TO THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OCT. 3, 1965 HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 NOV. 8, 1965 CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966 OCT. 11, 1966 CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1966 NOV. 3, 1966 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT MAY 8, 1968
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Vietnam=Cold War Politics LBJ was hesitant about Vietnam, had control over military operations After 1964 election he increased bombing and troops HAWKS vs DOVES
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Term Hippie is from HIPSTER. Hip and Hep – African American culture- Awareness Hippie Life Berkley California
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1964: May 2 nd, first demonstrations for Anti War Time Square Seattle Madison, Wisconsin Anti War Demonstrations
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January 29, organized by professors against the war at the University of Michigan, the protest was attended by 2,500 participants. This model was to be repeated at 35 campuses across the country.University of Michigan April 17, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a civil rights activist group, led the first of several anti-war marches in Washington, D.C., with about 25,000 protesters.Students for a Democratic SocietyStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee civil rightsfirst of several anti-war marches Draft-card burnings took place at University of California, Berkeley at student demonstrations in May organized by a new anti-war group, the Vietnam Day Committee; events included a teach-in attended by 30,000, and the burning in effigy of president Lyndon Johnson.University of California, BerkeleyVietnam Day Committee effigyLyndon Johnson A Gallup poll in May showed 48% of U.S. respondents felt the Government was handling the war effectively; 28% felt the situation was being handled badly; the rest, no opinion.Gallup poll Anti-War Clip May – First anti-Vietnam War demonstration in London outside the U.S. embassy. [4] [4] Protests were held in June on the steps of the Pentagon, and in August, attempts were made by activists at Berkeley to stop the movement of trains carrying troops.the Pentagon A Gallup poll in late August shows that 24% of Americans view sending troops to Vietnam as a mistake versus 60% who do not. [5] [5] By mid-October, the anti-war movement had significantly expanded to become a national and even global phenomenon, as anti-war protests drawing 100,000 were held simultaneously in as many as 80 major cities around the US, London, Paris and Rome. On November 2, Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old pacifist, set himself on fire below the third-floor window of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon, emulating the actions of the Vietnamese monk Thích Qu ả ng Đ ứ c.Norman MorrisonRobert McNamaraThích Qu ả ng Đ ứ c On November 27, Coretta Scott King, SDS President Carl Oglesby, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, among others, spoke at an anti-war rally of about 30,000 in D.C. in the largest demonstration to date. Parallel protests occurred elsewhere around the nation. [6] On that same day, President Johnson announced a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in Indochina, from 120,000 to 400,000 troops.Coretta Scott KingCarl OglesbyDr. Benjamin Spock [6]
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May – First anti-Vietnam War demonstration in London outside the U.S. embassy. [4] [4] Protests were held in June on the steps of the Pentagon, and in August, attempts were made by activists at Berkeley to stop the movement of trains carrying troops.the Pentagon A Gallup poll in late August shows that 24% of Americans view sending troops to Vietnam as a mistake versus 60% who do not. [5] [5] By mid-October, the anti-war movement had significantly expanded to become a national and even global phenomenon, as anti-war protests drawing 100,000 were held simultaneously in as many as 80 major cities around the US, London, Paris and Rome. On November 2, Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old pacifist, set himself on fire below the third-floor window of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon, emulating the actions of the Vietnamese monk Thích Qu ả ng Đ ứ c.Norman MorrisonRobert McNamaraThích Qu ả ng Đ ứ c On November 27, Coretta Scott King, SDS President Carl Oglesby, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, among others, spoke at an anti-war rally of about 30,000 in D.C. in the largest demonstration to date. Parallel protests occurred elsewhere around the nation. [6] On that same day, PresidentCoretta Scott KingCarl OglesbyDr. Benjamin Spock [6]
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