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Election 1960
JFK(D-wins) v. Richard M. Nixon
*Close election -
First Televised Presidential Debates
People who watched on TV thought Kennedy won; people who listened on the radio thought Nixon won-image starts to become important -
FDA approves Birth Control in US
Reason for end of baby boom -
Peace Corps
Americans go to developing countries to help people in poverty -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban exiles in US so they can go back to Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro-unsuccessful -
Berlin Wall Built
Nikita Khrushchev builds to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin -
Mapp v. Ohio
SC ruled that illegally seized evidence couldn't be used in court -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev promised to defend Cuba with Soviet weapons -
"Hot line" Between Khrushchev and JFK
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
Bans testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere -
The Female Mystique
Betty Friedan-The Women's Movement
Discussing her disillusionment w/ 1950s pop culture movement -
JFK supports a Vietnamese military coup d'erat-to kill Diem
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JFK Assassinated
Shot in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Election of 1964
Johnson(D-wins) v. Barry Goldwater(R) -
Escobedo v. Illinois
SC ruled that the accused has the right to have an attorney present when questioned by police -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
LBJ bolsters US involvement in Vietnam after American ship is fired at by N. Vietnamese-LBJ increases military presence -
The Immigration Act of 1965
Opened the door for may non-European immigrants to settle in the US -
Water Quality Act
Required states to clean up their rivers and lakes -
Griswold v. Connecticut
SC ruled that the couple has the right to privacy -
Miranda v. Arizona
SC ruled that all suspects must be read their rights before questioning -
Formation of NOW
National Organization for Women -
Wholesome Meat Act of 1967
States have inspection programs equal to federal govt -
Protests at Columbia University
Anti War Demonstration -
Mai Lai Massacre
Americans massacre all in Mai Lai village
Public learns about it in 1970 -
Tet Offensive
American stood down on the Tet, N. Vietnamese set up multiple attacks on American strongholds -
MLK Assassinated
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Election of 1968
Richard M. Nixon(R-wins) v. Hubert Humphrey(D)
There was an indep candidate who wanted to enforce racial segregation -
Cambodia Invasion
Cambodia was supplying n. Vietnam with weapons/war supplies -
Earth Day
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Kent State University
Anti war Demonstration
4 shot dead; 11 wounded -
Title IX
Prohibits discrimination against girls and women federally-funded education, including in athletic programs -
1972 Election
Nixon(R-wins) v. McGovern(D)
Election issue: Getting out of Vietnam -
Roe v. Wade
SC ruled that women have the right to privacy-Abortion rights case -
Paris Peace Accords signed
Ends direct US involvement in Vietnam
N and S forces were to hold their locations
US POWs would be released