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Period 8 Wrap-Up & Review (1945 – 1980). President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” LBJ’s Domestic Program Very Liberal (“zenith” of Liberalism) The “New.

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1 Period 8 Wrap-Up & Review (1945 – 1980)

2 President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” LBJ’s Domestic Program Very Liberal (“zenith” of Liberalism) The “New Deal of the 1960s” “War on Poverty” The “Big Four” Achievements of the Great Society: 1.Education 2.Medical Care 3.Immigration Reform (Immigration Act of 1965) 4.Voting Rights Act

3 Civil Rights Movement Truman’s Executive Order 9981 MLK Jr. – “nonviolent resistance” “Sit-Ins” Brown v. Board of Education Freedom Summer Civil Rights Act of 1964 Mid 60s shift toward violence Black Power, Black Panthers, SDS

4 Women’s Movement Betty Friedan - “The Feminine Mystique” National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) Roe v. Wade Equal Rights Amendment

5 Environmental Movement Late 1960s – Early 1970s roots Rachel Carson – “Silent Spring” Environmental Protection Agency

6 The Nixon Years “Silent Majority” Vietnamization 26 th Amendment OPEC Oil Embargo (1973) / Energy Crisis Inflation/Stagflation Watergate S.A.L.T. Agreements

7 Adam Norris – Pd. 8 Review Period 8 In 10 Minutes!!!


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