Won Election of 1960, first Catholic President
JFK
Youth that rebelled against social expectations were called this (long hair, don't care)
hippies
Woodstock
Three of LBJ's civil rights laws
CRA 1964, VRA 1965, CRA 1968
Space Race. 1969.
Moon Landing
War on Poverty, Did not run for second term.
LBJ
We sent the first astronaut into space
USSR
Counterculture group living that shared resources/responsibilities:
communes
(1) THIS was the name for Johnson's domestic policy programs that were aimed to (2) expand/decrease the size of the government
Great Society/Expand
Instead of blockading Cuba's ports, which would have been an act of war, JFK did this similar thing instead
quarantined
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Pop art- Andy Warhol
Organization created by College Students to oppose the Vietnam War and push for more American ideals
SDS- Students for a Democratic Society
Failed attempt to overthrow regime led by trained Cuban exiles
Bay of Pigs
Organization created by EO to assist developing nations
Peace Corps
Berlin. 1961.
Berlin Wall
Assassinated JFK
Harvey Lee Oswald
REJECTED Communism and was committed to expanding the American ideals of freedom and democracy.
New Left
(1) GROUPE that advised Kennedy to stop the construction of Soviet Missile sites (2) HERE
1 ExCom (Executive Committee for National Security)
2 Cuba
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Immigration Act of 1965
Lost the 1964 Election but began the modern Conservative movement
Special group created to investigate JFK's assassination
Warren Commission
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(1) Warren Court
(2) Miranda Rights
Created programs for low-income preschool children (1965)
Head Start
Began at UC Berkeley to lift ban on political activities on campus
Free Speech Movement