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The Turbulent 1960s: From JFK's Presidency to Counterculture

Explore the significant events of the 1960s, from John F. Kennedy's presidency to the rise of the counterculture movement. Learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK's assassination, LBJ's Great Society programs, and the emergence of hippies and Woodstock.

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The Turbulent 1960s: From JFK's Presidency to Counterculture

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  1. Chapter 39 A period of change 1960's

  2. election.teachingmatters.org/images/kennedy_n

  3. www.multied.com/elections/elects/1960.gif

  4. John F. Kennedy 1960 JFK became the 35th president of the US in 1961. “New Frontier” Senator from Massachusetts Second youngest president in US history www.historyplace.com/.../presidents/port-jfk.jpg

  5. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy lcweb2.loc.gov/.../3a53000/3a53300/3a53361r.jpg

  6. www.swift-tourism.com/jfk/family.jpg

  7. Robert “Bobby” Kennedy • Attorney General of US www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_06_img

  8. Peace Corps • A program that John Kennedy wanted For young Americans to help the people around the world. Orange are present countries, purple are past

  9. Nikita Khrushchev President of USSR Leader of the USSR. vietsciences.free.fr/.../kennedy_khrushchev.jpg

  10. Bay of Pigs 1961 Site where Cuban exiles backed by the US attempted to overthrow Castro and were defeated. President Kennedy had the option of using the U.S. Air Force against the Cubans but decided against it. www-personal.umich.edu/~angarf/Firstwave_clip...

  11. Considered the greatest symbol of the Cold War Kennedy went to Berlin in 1963 “Today I am a Berliner” Berlin Wall August 13, 1961

  12. Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 • The Soviets were planning in installing nuclear weapons in Cuba. • A time when the US came closer to nuclear war than any other time. • 10 days in October • U-2 spy plane discovered missile launching pads in Cuba. • “We were eyeball to eyeball and the other guy just blinked” Sec. State Dean Rusk

  13. www.pbs.org/.../phot_1962_cmissilecrisis.jpg

  14. www.pbs.org/.../phot_1962_cmissilecrisis.jpg

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  16. Dallas Texas November 22, 1963 • Dallas, TX • Gov. John Connelly and his wife Nellie. .theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/02/20/svJFK_w...

  17. www.spokesmanreview.com/.../johnkennedy.jpg

  18. ap.grolier.com/images/cache/025/atbp1217.jpg

  19. www.wilsonsalmanac.com/.../kennedys_dallas1.jpg

  20. www.assassinationscience.com/.../noblood1963.jpg

  21. Johnson's Swearing-in Ceremony aboard Air Force One Lyndon Baines Johnson http://www.dallashistory.org/history/dallas/1...

  22. timesunion.com/photogalleries/jfk/17.jpg

  23. Lee Harvey Oswald According to four U.S. government investigations, Oswald was responsible for the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. www.canf.org/2006/images/kennedy/Lee%20Harvey...

  24. timesunion.com/photogalleries/jfk/17.jpg

  25. timesunion.com/photogalleries/jfk/17.jpg

  26. Jack Ruby The man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald and found guilty. kenrahn.com/.../ruby_mug.jpg

  27. images.encarta.msn.com/.../pho/t013/T013814A.jpg

  28. timesunion.com/photogalleries/jfk/17.jpg

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  30. timesunion.com/photogalleries/jfk/17.jpg

  31. www.fiftiesweb.com/kennedy/riderless-horse.jpg

  32. Arlington National Cemetery www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jfk-gra.jpg

  33. Earl Warren Commission • Supreme Court Chief Justice and the commission state that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. • Single bullet theory.

  34. Lyndon Baines Johnson Becomes US president after Kennedy is pronounced dead. LBJ is from Texas www.whitehousehistory.org

  35. Election of 1964 • Lyndon B.Johnson-Democratic • Barry Goldwater-Republican www.swinyc.com/.../images/assets/1964.03.jpg

  36. www.multied.com/elections/elects/1964.gif

  37. LBJ programs: Great Society • He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. • War on Poverty: • VISTA-people with education would help others • Job Corp-trains unemployed, poor, uneducated young people • Head start- prepares poor children to start school • Upward Bound- helps poor high school students get into college • Food Stamps- helps people to keep from starving. • Free school lunches- helped hungry children

  38. Medicare- provided hospital insurance and low cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older. • Medicaid- extended health insurance to welfare recipients.

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  40. Counter culture • Against traditional values of the past. • Hippies-members of the counter culture. • “make love not war” • Sexual revolution- time brought about by the introduction of birth control. • Woodstock- August 1969; music festival in New York for 3 days

  41. www.thegreatillusion.com/woodstock-poster.jpg

  42. www.gindrat.ch/janis/janis-joplin-woodstock-6

  43. i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/XP715/poo260.jpg

  44. Counter Culture • Tom Hayden-began the SDS-Students for Democratic Society • UC Berkeley- college where SDS students took over administration building. • Haight-Ashbury- neighborhood in San Francisco where hippies were drawn to.

  45. AIM- Native American group; Protested against the injustices and prejudices of Native Americans UFW- Chicano (Mexican American) group; boycott led by Cesar Chavez “Si Se Puede! “La Raza”- Bilingual education, cultural diversity Alcatraz

  46. Events of the 1960’s • N.O.W.-National Organization of Women-said women should receive equal pay. • Gloria Steinman- founder of MS. magazine

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