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The 1960s

The 1960s. Part II. President Johnson. The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Election of 1964. Barry Goldwater Republican. Lyndon Johnson Democrat. The “Great Society”. The “Daisy” Ad. Election of 1964. Winner. Barry Goldwater Republican. Lyndon Johnson Democrat. The “Great Society”.

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The 1960s

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  1. The 1960s Part II

  2. President Johnson

  3. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

  4. Election of 1964 Barry Goldwater Republican Lyndon Johnson Democrat

  5. The “Great Society”

  6. The “Daisy” Ad

  7. Election of 1964 Winner Barry Goldwater Republican Lyndon Johnson Democrat

  8. The “Great Society” • “unconditional war on poverty” • Office of Economic Opportunity • Volunteers in Service to America • Model Cities • Food Stamps • Project Head Start

  9. More “Great Society” • Medicare • Medicaid • National Endowment for the Arts • National Endowment for the Humanities • Corporation for Public Broadcasting • Department of Transportation

  10. Berkeley, 1964

  11. “The Long, Hot Summers” Cleveland Los Angeles “Black Power” The Black Panthers Newark Detroit Washington, D.C.

  12. The Warren Court • Engel vs. Vitale, 1962

  13. The Warren Court • Engel vs. Vitale, 1962 “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country.” "I should like to ask whether we would be far wrong in saying that in this decision the Supreme Court has held that God is unconstitutional and for that reason the public school must be segregated against Him?" Senator Sam Irvin, D-NC

  14. The Warren Court • Engel vs. Vitale, 1962 • Abington Township School District v. Schempp, 1963

  15. The Warren Court • Miranda v. Arizona, 1966 “Nothing in the letter or the spirit of the Constitution or in the precedents squares with the heavy-handed and one-sided action that is so precipitously taken by the Court in the name of fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities." —Justice John M. Harlan

  16. The Warren Court • Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965 The Supreme Court finds a “right to privacy” lurking somewhere in “penumbras, formed by emanations” from the Bill of Rights.

  17. Vietnam The Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 2-4, 1964

  18. Vietnam Retaliatory Strike, August 5, 1964

  19. Vietnam The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, August 7, 1964

  20. Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'.It'll soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin'.Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road isRapidly agin'.Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor the times they are a-changin'. • Bob Dylan, 1964 Bob Dylan

  21. The Beatles Youth Culture in the 1960s

  22. The Rolling Stones

  23. “Psychedelic Rock” Grateful Dead Pink Floyd

  24. The “Hippie” Movement Haight-Ashbury, 1967

  25. Woodstock, 1969

  26. Timothy Leary “Tune in, turn on, drop out.”

  27. Vietnam

  28. The Anti-War Movement

  29. 1968

  30. The Tet Offensive

  31. Tet in the News Media “If I've lost Walter Cronkite, I've lost Middle America.” Walter Cronkite Lyndon Johnson

  32. The Election Eugene McCarthy Lyndon B. Johnson Robert F. Kennedy

  33. The Election Hubert H. Humphrey George Wallace

  34. Meanwhile…

  35. Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee April 4, 1968 James Earl Ray

  36. Robert F. Kennedy June 4, 1968 Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California June 5, 1968

  37. 1968 Democratic National ConventionChicago McCormick Place, site of 1968 Democratic convention Conrad Hilton Hotel, main convention hotel

  38. Election of 1868 Winner George Wallace, American Independent Party Hubert Humphrey Democrat Richard Nixon, Republican

  39. Man on the Moon Apollo 8, December 1968 Apollo 11, July 1969

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