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Birth Control pill is approved
Allowed for greater control for women over their home lives. -
Peace Corps is created
The Peace Corps sent over young Americans to other countries to help establish democratic principles -
John F. Kennedy Begins Presidency
JFK begins his short, but influential presidency. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Kennedy sent marines to Cuba to help overthrow Fidel Castro, failed and was a disaster. -
James Meredith University of Mississippi
Angry mobs tried to prevent James Meredith, a black air force veteran from enrolling in th University of Mississippi. -
Silent Spring is published
Silent Spring, an environmentalist book, was published in aan attempt to curb DDT use. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense period between Kruschev of Russia and Kennedy of America, ended without nuclear war. -
Letters from a Birmingham Jail is published.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letters from the Birmingham Jail, that depicted the humiliations of racial discrimination and segregation and defending civil disobedience, is published. -
March on Washington
I have a dream speech -
Overthrow of Diem
Military Coup overthrew the leader of the Vietnamese democracy. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK was assassinated, ending his promising presidency quickly. -
Lyndon B. Johnson takes over presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson took over the presidency from the deceased Kennedy. -
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Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964
Set a focus on the most racially divided state in the Union, and white students helped register black voters and teach the practices of democracy and black history in "Freedom Schools." -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It was published in 1964, the most significant civil-rights law in U.S. history, and it banned racial discrimination and segregation in public accomodations, banned bias in federally funded programs, and gave the federal government new powers to fight school segregation -
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnamese attacked two American Destroyers and US orderd air strikes on North Vietnaemese naval bases. -
Medicare/Medicaid enacted
Set up medical funds to help needy Americans that is still in use today. -
Immigration of 1965
Abolished the National Origins Act of 1921 -
Malcolm X is assassinated
His autobiography became the main text of the rising Black Power movement. -
Voting Rights Act is enacted
Invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disfranchised blacks. -
Miranda vs. Arizona
"You have the right to remain silent." -
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Civil rights group for women that sought liberal change through the political system
Owed it's prominiince to Betty Friedan's The Feminine mystique (1963) -
El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA)
Goal was to demand bilingual education and more Latino teachers. -
The American Indian Movement is founded
Goal was to protect the traditional ways of Native Americans. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
His death reflected the many uprisings and riots due to the equal rights of African Americans. -
Moon Landing
The project that began with funding by JFK culminated this year.