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60's political movement
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Presidential election
JFK v.s Nixion, The first election of its time. Kennedy received 112,827 (0.17%) more votes than Nixon nationwide.
Two sitting us senators were elected for president and vice-president -
Mapp vs Ohio
The supreme court decided that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures," may not be used in state law criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well, as had previously been the law, as in federal criminal law prosecutions in federal courts. -
Bay of pigs
-A failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA funded paramilitary group known as Brigade 2506. It was supposed to overthrow the left wing government led by Fidel Castro. It took three days to for the invasion to fail after launching from Guatemala. -
begining Cuban Missle Criss
The Us found out that the Soviet Union was instaling nukes in cuba.Cuba agreed to dismantled the launch sites, but only if the U.S never invade Cuba again. It was the closest that the two countries had ever come to nuclear war. -
Gideon v. Wainwright
the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys. The case extended the identical requirement that had been explicitly imposed on federal courts under the Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment. -
Lyandon Johnson takes office
-Lyndon Johnson was the president to take J.F.K’s place after he was assassinated. It was a legislation that he introduced during his state of the union address as a response to national poverty of about 19% -
Miranda v. Arizona
The Court held that both inculpatory and exculpatory statements made in response to interrogation by a defendant in police custody will be admissible at trial only if the prosecution can show that the defendant was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning and of the right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them. This Created the Miranda Rights that police -
Moon Landing
By landing on the moon, the United States effectively “won” the space race that had begun with Sputnik’s launch in 1957. For their part, the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a lunar landing craft between 1969 and 1972, including a spectacular launch-pad explosion in July 1969. Later, american and Russians met in space and shook hands, this symbolized the gradual improvement of U.S.-Soviet relations in the late Cold War-era.
