-
#5 FDA Approves the Birth Control Pill
-Kick started a sexual revolution
-Women were free to pursue higher education and careers -
#7 The Cuban Missile Crisis
-During the midst of the Cold War
-Soviet missiles in Cuba
-President Kennedy orders blockade of the Caribbean nation
-Nuclear warfare seemed very possible
-Agreement where each country deactivates some of its missiles -
#1 JKF's Assassination
-Seemed the perfect President to lead the US through the 60s
-His death shook the country -
#10 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
-war raged in Vietnam
-America didn't want to see Communism spread
-American soldier were allowed to participate in the war -
#2 The Civil Rights Act
-Civil Rights Movement grew through nonviolent protests
-African-American finally rewarded
-Eliminated segregation and biased voting requirements
-Equality for minorities -
Period: to
#8 Assassinations of Civil Rights Leaders
-Martin Luther King Jr
-Malcom X
-Their deaths left the Civil Rights Movement in dire straits -
#6 Democratic National Convention
-Anti-war protesters
-News stations captured footage -
#3 The Tet Offensive
-Vietnam War seemed a certain success for America
-Viet Cong soldiers attacked the South Vietnamese during a holiday cease fire
-The invasion was fought off
-Americans became disgusted with the war -
#9 Woodstock
-Woodstock festival
-rock and soul music
-counterculture took solace in the fields of upstate New York
-free love and open drug use
-free from government interference -
#4 Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
-US and the Soviet Union involved in a space race
-The footage of the landing became legendary
-The US's future looked brighter