1. Fast 5 – 11/17/16
1. What were the major goals of the feminist movement?
2. Who was Cesar Chavez? What group did he help found?
3. What effect did “Silent Spring” have on the environmentalist movement?
4. Why did Nixon create Earth Day?
5. What precedent was established with the Roe v. Wade ruling?

2. The Kennedy and Johnson Years

3. Standards
SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.
c. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis.
d. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive, and growing opposition to the war.
SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States,
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon,1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement.
SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.
a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.
b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; include the impact on civil rights legislation.
c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society; include the establishment of Medicare.
d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968; include the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention.
SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.
f. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968).

4. Kennedy take office
1960 – JFK defeats VP Richard Nixon in one of the closest popular vote races in history.
The JFK/Nixon televised debates had a tremendous impact on the election. Some argue these TV debates were the reason Kennedy won.
Kennedy became the first (and only) Catholic to be elected President. And up until that time he was the youngest elected as well.

6. Kennedy and the cold war
1959 – Cuban Revolution turns Cuba Communist; led by Fidel Castro
April 1961 – Kennedy proceeds with CIA plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
This attempt (known as the Bay of Pigs) fails; Kennedy embarrassed, US image ruined
The Bay of Pigs only serves to strengthen the political and economic ties between now communist Cuba and the USSR

8. Kennedy and the cold war
October 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis begins.
US spy planes discover nuclear missile in Cuba, just 90 miles from Miami, FL.
Coincidentally, the US had similar missiles stationed in Turkey. (Remember the Truman Doctrine?)
For 13 days the world was on the brink of mutually assured self-destruction.
Kennedy uses US naval ships to blockade Soviet supplies to Cuba.
Crisis was averted when JFK and Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev agree to withdrawal missiles from respective bases.

13. Missile defense in key west, Florida

14. Kennedy and the cold war
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, tensions eased between the US/USSR.
Fear of nuclear annihilation take place over ideological struggle.

15. Kennedy and the space race
April 1961 – Russians put a man in space; Kennedy then vows to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
He would not live to see his dream realized on July 20, 1969 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” – Neil Armstrong
Kennedy Space Center in Orlando named in his honor

16. Kennedy and civil rights
Because of his narrow win in 1960, Kennedy was reluctant to pursue major Civil Rights legislation.
However after violence erupted across the South (that he witnessed on television), he changed his mind.
Together with his brother, Attorney General Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, JFK pressed for sweeping Civil Rights legislation.

17. Kennedy’s Integration of Ole Miss
(1962)
James Meredith becomes first African American to attend the University of Mississippi
At right, Kennedy sends in federal troops to enforce segregation of Ole Miss

18. Integration of the University of Alabama (1963)
“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!”
Alabama governor George Wallace (above) famously blocks the entrance of two black students to the University of Alabama.
As with Ole Miss, Kennedy sends in federal troops to enforce segregation in public universities.

19. JFK assassinated
November 23rd, 1963 – During a trip to Dallas, TX Kennedy is shot while riding in a motorcade.
Alleged “lone gunman” Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested hours later.
Oswald himself was killed on live TV by gunman Jack Ruby.
Numerous conspiracy theories still circulate as to why JFK was killed.

20. Fast 5 – 11/18/16 1. What does integration mean?
2. What leader gained control of Cuba making it a Communist nation?
3. What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
4. What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis have on US/Soviet relations?
5. What is the difference between direct/indirect democracy?

21. Suspected JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by Jack Ruby while being transported on November 24, 1963.

22. Lyndon Johnson sworn in
After the death of JFK, LBJ becomes President.
Despite being from Texas, Johnson politically supported Civil Rights.
He vowed to continue the work of JFK.

23. Johnson’s “Great Society”
Johnson’s vision for America was known as the “Great Society”.
He pushed for legislation that would:
End poverty
Provide job training to young people
Improve education
End the “Quota System” on immigration
Provide medical care for the elderly (Medicare)

25. Johnson’s daisy ad – the most controversial campaign ad in history

26. Johnson defeats Goldwater
In 1964, LBJ runs for President against conservative Barry Goldwater of Arizona.
The conservative movement was gaining ground for years during and after the New Deal era.
Conservatives believe in a smaller federal government in all aspects from economic to social issues.
Infamous “Daisy” ad used fear of nuclear war to help LBJ attain votes.

28. Warren Court expands individual freedoms
During the 1960s the Supreme Court took the lead on controversial social, religious and political issues.
Court was led by Chief Justice Earl Warren who also guided the court in the Brown v. Board ruling of 1954.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) – All accused criminals had to be informed of his or her 5th and 6th amendment rights before being questioned.
These included the right to an attorney and protection against self-incrimination.
“You have the right to remain silent…”

29. The Vietnam war
Despite the efforts to improve America domestically, the nation was experiencing a foreign policy nightmare: the Vietnam War.
Seen as another front in the Cold War; an attempt to stop the spread of communism.
North Vietnam was communist; supported by Soviet Union.
South Vietnam was democratic; supported by the US
US came to the aid of South Vietnam in an effort to stop the North from invading and turning the South communist.

30. 1968: A Year of Turmoil
Dr. Martin Luther King – assassinated on April 4th.
Massive racial riots erupted throughout the country in response to King’s murder.
Robert Kennedy – JFK’s brother; ran for president in 1968; assassinated June 6th while campaigning in California
Nation mourns the loss of two heroes within weeks of each other.

31. 1968 Democratic national convention
Held in Chicago at the end of August.
Distraught by failure in Vietnam War, LBJ announced earlier in the year that he would not seek reelection.
Angry mob riots broke out between police and protestors over opposition to US involvement in Vietnam.
Mayor Richard Dailey sent in Chicago Police and the IL National Guard to regain control.

34. Ticket out the door
Despite the progressive accomplishments of the decade, why were the 1960s full of political and social turmoil?
Include reference to at least two of the following:
The Cuban Revolution
The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK’s Assassination
Johnson’s “Great Society”
Rise of the conservative movement
Riots after Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
Robert Kennedy’s Assassination
Riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention