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New Frontier

New Frontier. 64. Source: http://www.spacepix.net/images/large_pics/SpacePixNet_ap16.jpg. JFK Assassinated. Source: http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/66707.jpg. Conspiracy Theories. Source: http://www.astrologyforthepeople.com/kennedy_assassination_page_iii.htm.

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New Frontier

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  1. New Frontier 64 Source: http://www.spacepix.net/images/large_pics/SpacePixNet_ap16.jpg JFK Assassinated Source: http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/66707.jpg Conspiracy Theories Source: http://www.astrologyforthepeople.com/kennedy_assassination_page_iii.htm Kennedy program designed to aid foreign countries and discourage communism Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of being the assassin John and Jackie Kennedy President John F. Kennedy Kennedy challenged the nation to reach for the moon, which we did reach in 1969. President’s Family watches his funeral with a stunned nation Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath to become President Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Nov. 1963 while riding in a motorcade

  2. LBJ and Civil Rights 65 Source: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/images/lyndon.gif Great Society Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/60s-Watergate.html Medicare and Medicaid First Medicare Application card when President Lyndon Johnson signed former President Harry Truman as Medicare’s first recipient. Source: http://www.ssa.gov/history/pics/truman.jpg This is the 1st application for Medicare when LBJ signed up Harry Truman for the program HUD was established to improve living conditions for many Americans Great Society programs such as Head Start tried to battle poverty Lyndon Johnson goal was the “Great Society” Inner city slums and poverty also created major problems Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Example of devastating poverty in many rural parts of the nation in the 1960’s

  3. Bus Boycotts 66 Source: http://www.uncp.edu/library/instruction/images/rosa_parks.jpg Martin Luther King Jr. Source: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/05/images/mlk_bw.jpg School Crisis in Little Rock Source: http://www.uncp.edu/library/instruction/images/eckford.jpg Elizabeth Eckford on her way to school in Little Rock Martin Luther King Arrested Troops escort students to classes in 1957 Rosa Parks Troops escorting black student to school in Little Rock Arkansas President Dwight Eisenhower Martin Luther King Jr. President Harry Truman

  4. Sit-In Movement 67 Source: http://lawweb.usc.edu/clhc/images/mission_greensboro_small.jpg Birmingham, 1963 Source: http://www.forties.net/files/Civil_Rights_protestors_May_3_63_Birminham.jpg March on Washington Source: http://www.chefjuke.com/mom/images/drop-05.jpg Remains of a Freedom Riders bus that was attacked Protestor being attacked in Birmingham, 1963 Protestors marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest Fire-hoses aimed at protestors in Birmingham, 1963 MLK at the March on Washington where he gave the “I Have a Dream” Speech James Meredith escorted to class at the University of Mississippi Participants at the Greensboro Lunch-counter sit-ins 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington

  5. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam 68 Source: http://www.seemeonline.com/fasr/image14.jpg Call for Black Power Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/60s-Watergate.html Assassinations Source: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/live/body.asp?ID=library%5Ccivilrights%5Csanitation%5Cking Wife and Child of assassinated leader Medgar Evers Voting Rights Protestor arrested in Selma Cartoon showing tensions of the era Black Panthers Pin U.S. Olympians who raised their fists to represent Black Power in the 1968 Olympics Malcolm X is killed by a rival member of the Nation of Islam after some ideological differences 1968 Candidate Richard Nixon wins southern support with a promise to stay out of civil rights issues Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy is also killed in 1968

  6. Search and Destroy 69 Source: http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/vietnam_photographs/images/wet_going.gif War, Television, and Credibility Walter Cronkite, anchorman of CBS News—called the “most trusted man in America” Source: http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/haberman/cronkite.JPG Vietnam Protests Source: http://www.lightweb.com/images/SFMarch-1.jpg President Kennedy sent the first”advisor” to Vietnam LBJ never intended in being so involved in Vietnam, but it happened. Protests began to develop Map showing the area of Vietnam American planes spray Agent Orange to kill the jungles T.V. brought the war into peoples homes nearly uncensored LBJ asked the Congress to send troops to Vietnam in 1964 U.S. on a “search and destroy” mission

  7. Tet Offensive 70 Source: http://www.goucher.edu/history/pbardagl/FRO100/Firefight.JPG Homefront Crisis Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/60s-Watergate.html Vietnam Legacy Source: http://www2.kenyon.edu/depts/amerstud/blackhistoryatkenyon/1970s/1970s%20Intro/Kent%20State.jpg The surprise Tet Offensive in Jan 1968 proved that the Viet Cong were not going to give up Troops near a U.S. helicopter LBJ announces his intention to not run for re-election Memorial Statue for soldiers who fought in Vietnam The death of college protestors at Kent State- They were shot by the National Guard College protest at the University of California-Berkeley Richard Nixon finally pulled all U.S. troops out of Vietnam in 1973 U.S. B-52 bombers dropped more bombs on Vietnam than on Europe in WW II

  8. Hippy Culture 71 Source: http://www.whiteoakfoundation.org/hippies.jpg Women’s Liberation Movement Source: http://zenskaprava.ecn.cz/cz/pic/pic2.jpg 60’s Legacy Source: http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/woodstock.jpg Haight-Ashbury streets in S.F. was Hippy central Poster for the Woodstock music festival Rock star Jimi Hendrix Folk singer Janis Joplin Feminist leader Betty Freidan Migrant farm worker activist Chesar Chavez Hippy crowd at Woodstock 60’s saw the arrival of the Beatles

  9. Richard Nixon 72 Source: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/watergate/nixon.resign.jpg Nixon and Detente Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/02/20/bush.nixon/vstory.wall.jpg Fall of a President Source: http://www.garfieldlib.com/yanews/july97/irene/nixon.jpg Staggering inflation during the 70’s hurt living standards John Dean testifies at the Watergate Hearings Secretary of State Henry Kissinger President Richard Nixon President Nixon arrives in the USSR to ease tensions Sign showing the seriousness of the gas shortage Part of the Watergate Complex where the break-in occurred Nixon’s détente policy opens talks with China

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