1. The 1960s McGraw-Hill/IrwinCopyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. The 1960s 1960 – New President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Positive approach to “missile gap” between U.S. and Soviet Union Space Race Cuban missile crisis Assassination in 1963 4a-2

3. Civil rights Movement: Sit-ins Race riots 1964 – 24 th Constitutional Amendment outlawed poll taxes Civil rights Act forbade public discrimination Economic Opportunity Act freed access to public programs 1965 – Dr. Matrin Luther King led voting rights march, won Voting Rights Act Malcolm X assassinated 1968 – Housing Act outlawed housing discrimination Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated 4a-3

4. Vietnam War: Troops sent to South Vietnam to aid defense against Communist North 1966 – U.S. casualties very high, draftees saw entrance into military as death sentence Wide-spread antiwar demonstrations Many Americans continued to support efforts in Vietnam Lack of support for veterans Other important issues: Warnings of dangers of pesticides Women’s liberation movement 4a-4