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1960s

1960s. ELECTION OF 1960. 22 nd Amendment (1951) First president effected-Eisenhower Limited president to two terms or a maximum of 10 years Republicans Nominate-Richard Nixon (VP) Democrats Nominate-John F. Kennedy (Senator from Massachusetts)

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1960s

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  1. 1960s

  2. ELECTION OF 1960 • 22nd Amendment (1951) • First president effected-Eisenhower • Limited president to two terms or a maximum of 10 years • Republicans • Nominate-Richard Nixon (VP) • Democrats • Nominate-John F. Kennedy (Senator from Massachusetts) • Running mate-Lyndon Johnson (Senate Majority Leader from Texas)

  3. ELECTION OF 1960 • Campaign • Most decisive factor-Television • First televised presidential debates • Factors against Kennedy • Age, Religion, Father • One of the closest races in history • Kennedy won by 100,000 popular votes & 303 to 219 in the electoral college

  4. DOMESTIC POLICY • NEW FRONTIER • Aid for education, federal health care, urban renewal & civil rights • Congress passed few of Kennedy’s programs • Stimulated the economy by increased spending for defense and space exploration • Goal-man on the moon by the end of the decade

  5. FOREIGN POLICY • Peace Corps (1961) • Recruited young Americans to help raise the standard of living in developing countries • Alliance for Progress (1961) • Promote social and economic reform in Latin America • Trade Expansion Act (1962) • Reduced tariffs with Western European nations

  6. BAY OF PIGS (1961) Inherited by Eisenhower Gave approval to CIA to go ahead with plan April 1961-Cuban exiles land at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba to retake the island Failed to cause an uprising & trapped on beach Kennedy refused to send in American troops Worst mistake of Kennedy’s presidency

  7. BERLIN WALL (1961) • Soviet Union builds wall between East & West Berlin • Purpose-stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany • 1963-Kennedy visits West Berlin & promises to support

  8. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS • US spy planes discover Soviet missiles on Cuba • Kennedy sets up Naval blockade of Cuba & threatens invasion of island if missiles are not removed • Soviet sends ships to break blockade • Nuclear War eminent • Soviet ships one mile from blockade-turn around • Missiles removed from island=US does not invade

  9. NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (1963) Signed by US, Soviet Union, & 100 other nations • Ended testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere • Offset by new round in the arms race

  10. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION • November 22nd, 1963 • Dallas, TX • Motorcade through downtown • Kennedy shot in shoulder & in head • Lee Harvey Oswald arrested • Oswald killed by Jack Ruby two days later on his way to the courthouse

  11. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION • President Johnson sworn in aboard Air Force One • Establishes the Warren Commission • Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren • Believed Oswald was the only assassin • “Magic Bullet” theory • Conspiracy Theories • Government • Organized Crime • Castro

  12. LYNDON JOHNSON

  13. GREAT SOCIETY • Devote follower of the New Deal • Persuaded Congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill and income tax cut • War on Poverty • Michael Harrington-The Other America (1962)-focused attention to the 40 million Americans living in poverty • Johnson announces a war on poverty • Created Office of Economic Opportunity-self-help programs for the poor • Significantly reduce the amount of families in poverty

  14. ELECTION OF 1964 • Democrats re-nominate Johnson-running mate-Hubert Humphrey • Republicans nominate-Barry Goldwater-wanted to end welfare programs like social security • Johnson wins in a landslide-61% of popular vote • Democrats win 2/3 majority in both houses of Congress

  15. LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS • Medicare-Health insurance for 65 and older • Medicaid-Health care for those poor and disabled • Elementary and Secondary Education Act-provided money to poor school districts • New Immigration Law-abolished quotas and increased opportunities for Asians and Latin Americans to come to the US • National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities-provided federal funding for creative and scholarly projects

  16. LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS • Creation of Dept. of Transportation and Dept. of Housing and Urban Development • Increased funding for higher education-Grants • Increased funding for public housing and crime prevention

  17. WARREN COURT1953-1969 CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN

  18. CRIMINAL JUSTICE • Mapp v. Ohio (1961)-ruled that illegally seized evidence can not be used in court • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)-required that state courts provide counsel (lawyers) for those that can not afford one-”Gideon’s Trumpet” • Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)-required the police to inform an arrested person of their right to remain silent • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)-gave the right for a lawyer to be present during questioning by the police

  19. STATE REAPPORTIONMENT • Baker v. Carr (1962)-declared the practice of drawing district lines to favor certain areas or political parties to be unconstitutional • Districts needed to be drawn to provide equal representation of all citizens

  20. FREEDOMS OF EXPRESSION & PRIVACY • Yates v. US (1957)-First Amendment protection to radical and revolutionary speech unless it was a clear and present danger to the safety of the country, protected communists • Engel v. Vitale (1962)-ruled that state laws requiring prayers and bible readings in public schools violated separation of church and state • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)-ruled that states could not prohibit the use of contraceptives by adults because it violated the right to privacy, used to establish a woman’s right to an abortion

  21. 1968“The year everything went wrong” • January-Tet Offensive-Americans unsympathetic to Vietnam war • April 4-Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray-riots break out across the nation • January-June: Student protests on 100 college campus involving 40,000 students • Most famous-April, Protest at Columbia University in New York City, students take over four buildings

  22. 1968“The year everything went wrong” • June 4-Democratic presidential nominee, Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in California by Sirhan Sirhan • August-Democratic National Convention in Chicago brings 10,000 anti-war protestors into the streets-very violent • Sanitation workers, policemen, firemen, and teachers all go on strike in New York City during 1968

  23. ELECTION OF 1968 • Johnson states that he will not accept the nomination of the Democratic party • Democrats nominate-Hubert Humphrey (VP)-very liberal • Republicans nominate-Richard Nixon-very conservative-slogan: “Peace with Honor”

  24. ELECTION OF 1968 • American Independent Party nominates-George Wallace-Gov. of Alabama-very discriminatory towards African-American civil rights • Results: Nixon wins, very close popular vote, but strong majority in electoral college

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