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Living with Turmoil 1954-1975

Living with Turmoil 1954-1975. Living with Great Turmoil Unit 6. Set up your Table of Contents Daily Warm Up Pages (2). Daily Warm Up #1: Time Line. The New Frontier and the Great Society List 5 of the 10 events on your US Timeline on pages 668-669. John F. Kennedy 1960-1963.

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Living with Turmoil 1954-1975

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  1. Living with Turmoil 1954-1975

  2. Living with Great TurmoilUnit 6 • Set up your Table of Contents • Daily Warm Up Pages (2)

  3. Daily Warm Up #1: Time Line The New Frontier and the Great Society • List 5 of the 10 events on your US Timeline on pages 668-669

  4. John F. Kennedy 1960-1963 • With fear of losing the “race” between Russia, Kennedy vowed to “get America moving again” • Kennedy (D) v. Nixon (R) • Television helped votes for Kennedy • More charismatic and well spoken compared to Nixon

  5. Pros and Cons of Kennedy • Cons: Young- only 43 Roman Catholic Pros: Well organized campaign Wealthy family Handsome

  6. Kennedy and Civil Rights • MLK Jr. was arrested along with other African American Activists for sitting at a segregated lunch counter in Atlanta • Others were released on bail but King was sentenced to months of hard labor in jail… for a traffic violation • Kennedy calls Loretta Scott King and offers his sympathies • Kennedy then calls the judge to release the Civil Rights Activist on Bail • News of this captured the attention of the African American community winning Kennedy votes in the south and mid-west

  7. Camelot Years • America was mesmerized by the Kennedy Family • People would in enroll in speed reading courses because the President could read 1600 words per minute • Jackie was young, beautiful, fashion forward • Camelot’s world was marked by chivalry and magic as seemed in Kennedy’s term • Also opened on Broadway in 1960 READ- Don’t Know Much About American History

  8. Left Side: Kennedy Baseball Card • Years as President • Accomplishments • Political Party • Running Mate

  9. Daily Warm Up- A New Military Policy • Explain Kennedy’s new military policy and the idea of flexible response

  10. Cuban Missile Crisis • Fulgencio Battista former leader of Cuba was toppled by a guerilla movement led by Fidel Castro 1959 “Revolutionaries are not born, they are made by poverty, inequality and dictatorship”- Castro Castro- after gaining control over Cuba - Seized three American and British Oil Refineries - Broke up commercial farms into communes - We owned 75% of sugar crop land in Cuba so we put a trade barrier against Cuban sugar

  11. Cuban Perspective • Originally Cubans are happy Castro is their leader- they hated their dictator Battista • Castro declares themselves communist and accepts aid from the Soviet Union • Soviet Union- extremely happy about Cuba- (only 90 miles from US) • Cuba- Mad at US for trade restrictions on sugar so Castro stands up to the United States (With SU backing) • People of Cuba- now upset with Castro because he “replaced one dictator with himself as a dictator”)

  12. Bahia de Cochinos- Bay of Pigs • 10% of Cubans fled to the US in exile of Cuba • We secretly train these exiles in hopes to stage an overthrow of Castro • April 17, 1961- about 1300 Cuban exiles- supported by the US- land in the coast Bahia de Cochinos- Bay of Pigs • DISTASTER- Air strike failed (even though the CIA said it succeeded) • An advanced troop never landed to distract Castro’s troops • Main unit lacked air support as it faced SU tanks and 25,000 Cuban troops • Kennedy was embarrassed

  13. Nuclear Crisis • Kennedy declared he would not accept any further communist intervention in the western hemisphere • Castro accepted aid and weapons from Nikita Khrushchev anyway • We spy on Cuba and see weapons of mass destruction that would land in the US in minutes • US Navy quarantines Cuba within in 500 mile perimeter • 100,000 Troops waited in Florida • 6 days later Krushchev offered to remove the missiles if the US promises not to invade Cuba ever again. We also agree to move our missiles from Turkey

  14. “For a moment the world had stood still”- Robert Kennedy, Attorney General of the US

  15. Kennedy and Khrushchev take the heat • Both reputations are damaged by this • Castro closes it’s doors to exiles in November 1962 • 3 years later he let a small window of opportunity for those who wanted to escape to be with their families in Miami • Cuban population in Miami increased by 300,000

  16. Daily Warm Up: Political Cartoons What do you think the Political Cartoon is saying about Kennedy? What incident do you think it is describing?

  17. Left Side: Analyzing Primary Sources • Read a Letter from Khrushchev to Kennedy about relations concerning Cuba • Questions to consider • How does Khrushchev describe communism? • What is Khrushchev’s solution to the SU and US relations? • What is the ultimate goal Khrushchev’s proposal?

  18. Daily Warm Up: The Berlin Wall • What is the Berlin Wall? • What led Khrushchev to build the wall? (677-678)

  19. Easing Tensions • Ways to Ease Tensions between Kennedy and Khrushchev Hot Line between the White House and Kremlin Limited Test Ban Treaty- barred Nuclear Testing in the atmosphere

  20. Left Side- The New Frontier Addressing Poverty Stimulating the Economy New Frontier: Transforming Progress into Action Domestic Problems Race to the Moon

  21. Daily Warm Up: Tragedy in Dallas • Read Pages 682-683 • Why was Lee Harvey Oswald suspicious? • What is the Warren Commission?

  22. Kennedy’s Assassination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q91RZko5Gw

  23. Left Side: LBJ and The Great Society

  24. Daily Warm Up: • What is the Great Society? • What is the Impact of the Great Society?

  25. Waging Two Wars- LBJ • As part of the Great Society- the president declared war on poverty • Personal experiences with poverty growing up in an impoverished part of TX Created the Job Corps to train people to work and help them find jobs War 2- Vietnam. Soon spent more money on Vietnam than all of the Great Society Programs combined

  26. Positive Changes • Economic Opportunity Act- approving $1billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small business loans and job training • Ex: Project Head Start; VISTA; Community Action Program • Doors opened for non-European immigrants in 1965- ending quotas based on nationality • Water Quality Act of 1965 to clean lakes and rivers for clean supply • Safety Laws for Consumer Protection when buying goods

  27. Discussion: Interpreting Charts- pg. 690 • What did the Great Society programs indicate about the federal government’s changing roles?

  28. Homework: DUE FRIDAY TO THE SUB • Choose ONE of the two prompts to answer with complete sentences: • One page • Preferably Typed • What events and problems may have affected the success of the Great Society? What are the points and counterpoints to LBJ’s program? • What are the similarities and differences between Kennedy’s New Frontier and LBJ’s Great Society? What other federal program from what President influenced these ideas?

  29. Daily Warm Up: World Stage • Read the World Stage on Pg. 701 in your book. • What is apartheid? • What happened in 1994?

  30. John Green- Crash Course • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXFb1sMa38

  31. Key Player Baseball Cards

  32. Daily Warm Up: SCLC • What was the role of the SCLC?

  33. Copy into Right Side of Notebook

  34. Current Event- Discrimination • Discrimination has been a controversial subject in the news recently especially with allegations with police brutality. • Find an article that accurately represents discrimination today and apply it to discrimination/segregation in the 1960s • Include Article • 2 Paragraphs- 1 summary, 1 comparison to the 1960s • Will be handed in to me Monday

  35. Daily Warm Up: Who are they? • Who is Shirley Chisolm and StokelyCarmichael?

  36. 1. Partner Up 2. Choose a Side. 3. Present your Arguments and Historical Decision made.

  37. Daily Warm Up: Selma Campaign • In what ways was the civil rights campaign in Selma similar to the one in Birmingham?

  38. Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement • Kerner Commission: study the causes of urban violence; white racsim • The report called for the nation to create new jobs, construct new housing and end de facto segregation in order to wipe out the destructive ghetto environment • Johnson administration ignores many of the recomendations because of white opposition to sweeping changes

  39. Left Side: The First Sit In • With a partner: Read Mc Cain’s first account of the sit in. Answer these questions on your left side • Who participated in the first sit in at Woolworths? What were their names and who were they? • “We don’t separate your money at the cash register” – Explain the hypocrisy of that sentence • What psychological forced helped them that day? Are you surprised by this?

  40. Daily Warm Up- Who is Ho Chi Minh? • Who- • What- • Where- • When- • Why-

  41. The Vietnam War Years

  42. French Indochina and Imperialism • Late 1800s- WWII- France ruled most of Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) • French built plantations and harvested rice and rubber trees • Restricted speech and assembly to Vietnamese nationalists by jailing them • 1940- Japan takes over Vietnam on their quest for Imperialism as well

  43. Ho’s Call for Help • 1930 Ho Chi Minh creates the Indochinese Communist Party in China • 1940 after Japanese occupy Vietnam, Ho creates the Vietminh- organized group to win the independence of Vietnam from the Japanese • When the Japanese lose WWII, Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam and independent country on Sept. 2 1945 in Hanoi, the country’s capital • French do not accept this and move back in once the Japanese leave

  44. The US Steps in • During WWII, Truman funds aid to Ho Chi Minh to defeat the Japanese and supports him in his efforts • When the Japanese leave and the French take over southern Vietnam and rage war with North Vietnamese nation- The US changes alliances and funds the war for the French to defeat Vietnamese nationalists • Despite the massive aid by the US- The French lost Vietnam at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in NW Vietnam • How do you think Ho Chi Minh views the United States?

  45. Geneva Accords • Temporarily divides Vietnam into North and South at the 17th Parallel • North- Ho Chi Minh and the Communists • Capital- Hanoi • South- Ngo Dinh Diem anticommunist- Pro Western • Capital- Saigon

  46. The Domino Effect- How did each President contribute to the start of the Vietnam War?

  47. Daily Warm Up- Indochina 1959 • Answer the Geography Skillbuilder questions 1 & 2

  48. Ho Chi Minh Trail • 1956 an election was held in Vietnam. • Ho Chi Minh would have won the support of the country so Southern Vietnam (Diem) refuses to participate in the election • Southern Vietnam grew tired and upset with Diem • Restricted Buddhist practices because he was a devout Catholic • Restricted land to peasants (opposite of Ho Chi Minh) • Southern National Liberation Front Groups (Vietcong) assassinate government officials • Ho aids this group by sending supplies and aid through the Ho Chi Minh Trail

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