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1965-1980 Overview

Explore the political landscape, significant world events, iconic music, and memorable sports moments from 1965 to 1980.

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1965-1980 Overview

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  1. 1965-1980 Overview Politics, World Events, Music, Sports, and More

  2. Us Politics • President Lyndon B. Johnson • Took office in 1963 after JFK was assassinated • In the election of 1964 Johnson won and stayed in the White House as President • Civil Rights supporter • Voting Rights Act • Nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court and Robert C. Weaver to be Secretary of his Cabinet • Civil Rights Act 1968

  3. Politics • Lyndon B. Johnson cont. • The Great Society • Johnson’s agenda for Congress during his Presidency • Increase Federal Funding for Education • War on Poverty and Healthcare Reform (Medicare) • Space Program (Apollo Program) • Civil Rights-Voting Rights Act • Conservation (Wilderness Protection Act) • Foreign Policy • Vietnam War • Six Day War

  4. US Politics • Nixon • Election of 1968 • Johnson withdrew • Robert Kennedy was assassinated • Nixon won against Hubert Humphrey • Foreign Policy • China • Vietnam War • Soviet Union (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) • Middle East

  5. US Politics • Nixon • Domestic Policy • Economy • Civil Rights • Affirmative Action • Integration • Space Program • Apollo 11 • First humans on the moon • Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin • 1969 • “One small step for man one giant leap for man kind”

  6. US politics • Nixon • 1972 Presidential Election • Ran against George McGovern • Won 520 electoral votes to 17 • Carried 49 states • Watergate • Nixon authorized bugging and burglary of the Demo National Committee Headquarters in Watergate complex • Men got caught • Nixon tried to cover up by destroying tapes • Impeachment • First President to ever resign

  7. US politics • Gerald Ford • Took over the Presidency after Nixon resigned • Served 1974 to 1977 • Major Events of Ford’s Presidency • Pardon of Nixon • Vietnam • Middle East Society Union (limitations on nuclear weapons)

  8. Us politics • Carter • Election of 1976 • Defeated President Ford • Major Events During Presidency • US Energy Crisis • Shortage of oil due to Middle East issues • Said it was the moral equivalent of war • Encouraged people to conserve • Love Canal • US boycott of Moscow Olympic • Since the modern Olympics began in the late 1800s this was the first time the US did not participate

  9. Us issues • Oil Crisis • 1973-1979 • Only license plates with odd numbers could go on odd-numbered days and same with even numbers • Space exploration • Near loss of Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970 led to Anti-NASA feelings • Plans for missions up to Apollo 20 were canceled. • Spent most of 70s working on the space shuttle

  10. World Issues • Cold War • Conflicts between capitalist and communist forces • Vietnam War • Stop Communist spread in Vietnam • 26th Amendment (voting age 18) • Iran Hostage Crisis • Iranian Revolution 1979 • Distrust between the revolutionaries and Western powers • Six Day War • Munich Massacre • 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany • Palestinian Arab terrorists kidnaped and murdered eleven Israeli athletes

  11. Culture • Women’s Movement • Feminism grew • First woman President in Argentina-Isabel Peron • Roe v. Wade (abortion legalized) • More opportunity for women in the workplace • Anti-War Protests • In opposition to the Vietnam war • Kent State shootings • Environmentalism • First Earth Day was on April 22, 1970 • TV • Brady Bunch • Happy Days • Partridge Family

  12. culture • Counterculture • Values and norms different from mainstream society • Started with youth against segregation • Anti-War sentiments • Expressed in music, fashion and beliefs • Hippie movement (harmony with nature, communal living, experimentation, recreational drugs, artistic expression) • Sexual liberation • Drugs • Gender equality • Gay-rights

  13. Music • Popular Artists • Beatles • Bob Marley • David Bowie • Stevie Wonder • Rolling Stones • Bruce Springsteen • Woodstock 1969 • 400,000 people • Bethel, New York • 2 people died • Anti-War songs • Ohio by Neil Young • War by Edwin Starr • Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

  14. sports • First Super Bowl 1967 (Green Bay v. KC Chiefs) • 1970 Plane Crash killing the entire Marshall (West Virginia) football team. • First College Basketball Team to start all African American players Texas Western College under coach Don Haskins • 1980 Olympics USA v. Soviets in Ice Hockey • Called the “Miracle on Ice” US won 4-3

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