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Page 1: The 1960s McGraw-Hill/IrwinCopyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

The 1960s

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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The 1960s1960 – New President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Positive approach to “missile gap” between U.S. and Soviet UnionSpace RaceCuban missile crisisAssassination in 1963

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Civil rights Movement:Sit-insRace riots1964 – 24th Constitutional Amendment outlawed poll taxes

Civil rights Act forbade public discriminationEconomic Opportunity Act freed access to public

programs1965 – Dr. Matrin Luther King led voting rights march, won Voting Rights Act

Malcolm X assassinated1968 – Housing Act outlawed housing discrimination Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated

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Vietnam War:Troops sent to South Vietnam to aid defense against Communist North1966 – U.S. casualties very high, draftees saw entrance into military as death sentenceWide-spread antiwar demonstrationsMany Americans continued to support efforts in VietnamLack of support for veterans

Other important issues:Warnings of dangers of pesticidesWomen’s liberation movement

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