The 1960s

By lzezza
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    Vietnam War

    1 November 1955[A 1] – 30 April 1975

  • Yates v. US

  • The Election of 1960

    Republican Candidate: Nixon
    Democratic Candidate: John F. Kennedy
    First Four Televised Debates
    Kenedy Won by about 100,000popular votes and 303 to 219 in the elvectoral college.
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    JFK Presidency

  • JFK Inaugural Address

  • Peace Corps

    Organization that recuits young American volunteers to give techincal aid to developing countries.

  • Alliance for Progress

    Promoted land reform and economic development in Latin America

  • Bay of Pigs Invation

    Failed scheme to overthrow Fidel Castro.

  • Berlin Wall Built

    Berlin Wall Created by Khrushchev.
    Hostility between US and Soviet Union.
    Cold War

  • Mapp v. Ohio

  • Trade Expansion Act

  • Engel v. Vitale

  • Students For a Democratic Society SDS 1st Meeting

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviets Building Missiles in Cuba. Kennedy sets up a full blockade going to Cuba. Full scale nucular war seemed iminant. Khrushchev backed down.

  • The Other America

    Book that brought about the "War on Poverty"

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    Cuban Missile Crisis scared everyone.
    Signed by Soviet Union and 100 other nations

  • Gideon v, Wainright

  • Equal Pay Act of 1963

  • JF Kennedy Assisination

    Dallas, Texas
    Lee Harvey Oswald (alone)

  • Lyndon Johnson President

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    LBJ Presidency

  • Election of 1964

    Democratic Candidate: Lyndon B. Johnson
    Republican Candidate: Hubert Humphrey
    Johnson Won, 61% of popular vote

  • Escobedo v. Illinios

  • Berkely Campus Protest

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Griswold v. Connecticut

  • Civil Rights Act of 1965

  • Miranda v. Arizona

  • National Organiation for Women (NOW)

  • MLK Assasination

  • Election of 1986

  • Robery F. Kennedy Assasination

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    RMN Presidency

  • Equal Rights Amendment