1. CHAPTER 29 The Turbulent Years, 1960 - 1968 Web

2. I. Early Tests JFK increases Social Security, establishes Peace Corps, and sets out on “space race” First crisis occurs in failed overthrow of Castro at Cuba’s Bay of Pigs Soviet Union erects Berlin Wall Freedom Riders desegregate transportation JFK sees economy as first priority

3. II. Social and Political Challenges James Meredith enters University of Mississippi Cuban Missile Crisis frightens world in October 1962 Soviets build nuclear missile silos, and Kennedy orders them out JFK holds hard line, and Soviets give in Vietnam involves Kennedy and America

4. III. The Rights Revolution: Early Steps Martin Luther King, Jr. galvanizes civil rights movement Birmingham boycotters gain sympathy of white Americans March of Washington provides forum for MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech Feminists also change country

5. IV. Tragedy and Transition Kennedy assassination shocks nation Lyndon Johnson replaces fallen president LBJ accomplishes much in first months LBJ wins landslide victory in 1964

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7. V. The Great Society Johnson declares “war on poverty,” with VISTA, Head Start, and food stamps Medicare and Medicaid are created Immigration laws are relaxed

8. VI. The Expanding War Aiming for containment, Johnson sends American troops to Vietnam in 1965 University campuses erupt in anti-war protests

9. Vietnam War

10. VII. The Rights Revolution: Center Stage Major legislation improves civil rights Watts riots shock nation in 1968 Black Muslims and Black Panthers arise as alternative to MLK’s teachings Feminists push for Equal Rights Amendment Hippies and the counterculture refuse to get involved

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12. VIII. A Divided Nation Tet Offensive convinces many Americans Vietnam is lost cause LBJ steps down, and Democrats jockey for nomination Both Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are assassinated Democratic convention brings discord Republicans choose Nixon, who wins narrow victory

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