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Changes in America

Explore how the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. in the 1960s changed US society, sparking unrest, political shifts, and increased protection of leaders.

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Changes in America

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  1. EQ: How was American society impacted by the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Changes in America

  2. Assassinations • The 1960s were a time of great unrest and change in America. • Many people did not like what was happening in the civil rights movement. • Others did not agree with political leaders on different issues.

  3. Unfortunately, 3 important leaders were assassinated in the 1960s. • Assassinate: to murder a government leader, usually for political reasons. • These events made a lasting impact on American society. They took away some of America’s optimism for a while. • Optimism: a spirit of being cheerful & hopeful • They also lead to increased protection of political leaders. Another reason that these assassinations made such a lasting impact was because of a new technology – television. People could see what was going on!

  4. President John F. Kennedy • He was shot in Dallas, Texas in 1963 while riding in a parade in a convertible car with the top down. A man named Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with shooting him from a tall building along the parade route. • Americans and people around the world cried. Kennedy had been a very popular president that helped bring about changes during the Civil Rights Movement and advance the USA in the space race. Lyndon B. Johnson, the vice-president, was sworn into office shortly afterward. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpicOfFajNE

  5. Robert F. Kennedy • Robert Kennedy was shot in 1968 at a hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The younger brother of President Kennedy that was running for the Democratic nomination for president.Americans found it hard to believe that another Kennedy family member had been killed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc2EzkRDkI

  6. "Some men see things as they are and ask 'Why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'Why not?'" Robert F. Kennedy, 1968

  7. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Dr. King was shot in 1968 as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots broke out across the country. Racial tensions that had been under the surface exploded!

  8. Match the man with the reaction when he was assassinated. • John F. Kennedy • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Robert F. Kennedy • Riots broke out. • Disbelief that it could happen again • Terrible sadness for a beloved man.

  9. “Free at Last” • Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” ends with the inspiring words, “free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.” • This song took Martin Luther’s King’s speech and synthesized his voice. Listen for these final words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKH8VKKGIQ http://www1.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=184801&title=Martin_Luther_King_Speech

  10. Now is the timeTo make real the promises of democracyNow is the timeTo rise from the dark and desolate valleyOf segregation to the sunlit path of racial justiceNow is the timeTo lift our nation from the quicksand's of racial injusticeTo the solid rock of brotherhoodNow.Now, now, now is the timeNow is the time

  11. I have a dreamEvery valley shall be exaltedI have a dreamEvery hill and mountain shall be made lowI have a dream todayMy children will not be judgedBy the color of their skinThis is our hope

  12. I have a dreamThe rough places will be made plainI have a dreamThe crooked places will be made straightThere is something that I must sayWe cannot turn backI have a dream today

  13. If America is to be a great nationThis must become trueSo let freedom ringFrom the prodigious hilltops of New HampshireLet freedom ringFrom the mighty mountains of New YorkLet freedom ringFrom the heightening Alleghenies of PennsylvaniaLet freedom ringFrom the snow-capped Rockies of ColoradoLet freedom ringFrom the curvaceous slopes of CaliforniaLet freedom ringLet freedom, let freedom, freedom ring

  14. But not only thatLet freedom ringFrom Stone Mountain of GeorgiaLet freedom ringFrom Lookout Mountain of TennesseeLet freedom ringFrom every hill and molehill of MississippiFrom every mountainsideLet freedom ring

  15. And when this happensWhen we allow freedom ringWhen we let it ringFrom every village and every hamletEvery state, every citywe will be able to speed up that dayWhen all of God's childrenBlack men and white menJews and GentilesProtestants and CatholicsWill be able to join handsAnd sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

  16. "Free at last!Free at last!Thank God AlmightyWe are free at last!"

  17. (yeah, yeah) I have a dreamEvery valley shall be exaltedI have a dreamEvery hill and mountain shall be made lowI have a dream todayMy children will not be judgedBy the color of their skinThis is our hope

  18. I have a dreamThe rough places will be made plainI have a dreamThe crooked places will be made straightThere is something that I must sayWe cannot turn backI have a dream today

  19. EQ: How was American society impacted by the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Directions: Write the significance of each of these three figures. Then, explain the impact each of these assassinations had on American society.

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