The 1960s

Issues

• The New Frontier
• Tonkin Gulf Resolution (Tim/Sam, 7)
• Johnson Doctrine
• Outer Space Treaty (1967) (Megan/Alexis, 5)
• Six-Day War (Hillary/Taylor, 5)
• Pueblo Incident (1968) (Kelly C./Erin, 7)

Events

• Apollo 11 (Rohini/Courtney M., 2)
• Berlin Wall (Sara Cr./Joanna, 5)
• The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Danny/Derek, 5)
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident (Will/Simon, 6)
• Operation Rolling Thunder (Jay/Nate, 2)
• Tet Offensive (Nate B./Drew R., 5)

Domestic Events

• Kennedy-Nixon Debates (1960) (Courtney/Megan/Kati, 7)
• The Election of 1960 (Karaline/David, 7)
• Election of 1964 (Amanda/Alex, 6)
• Election of 1968 (Kimi/Kyle, 6)
• Kennedy Assassination (Hannah/Jaime, 2)
• 24th Amendment (Cam/ Ryan S., 2)
• War on Poverty
• The Great Society
  • Economic Opportunity Act (1964)
  • Immigration and Nationality Act(1965)
  • Elementary and Secondary School Act (1965) (Ashley/Katelyn, 5)
  • Medicare (1965) (Laura/Marissa/Malissa, 2)
  • Housing Act of 1965 (Justin/Vu, 7)
  • Higher Education Act (1965)
• 25th Amendment (Brock/Mike, 2)
• Woodstock (Ryan C./Travis, 2)
• Engel v. Vitale (1962) (Ashley/Jenna, 6)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) (Nathan/Sarah, 6)
• Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (Brian/Melissa, 6)

People

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Kelsey/Elizabeth, 2)
• Lyndon Baines Johnson (Emily B./Lindsay, 2)
• Barry Goldwater (Jeff/Emily C., 2)
• Richard M Nixon (Alex/Drew K., 5)
• Fidel Castro (Lauren/Brooke, 2)
• Nikita Krushchev (Andy/Mike Mi., 6)
• Joseph Heller
• Kurt Vonnegut (Rebecca/Travis, 5)
• J. Edgar Hoover
• Charles de Gaulle (Bunmi/Tiffany, 7)
• Robert McNamara
• Ngo Dinh Diem (Nate H./Sean, 5)
• Gen. William Westmoreland
• Nguyen Van Thieu
• Mario Savio (Vickie/Molly/Annette, 5)
• William Fulbright
• Eugene McCarthy
• Robert Kennedy
• Hubert Humphrey
• George Wallace
• Betty Friedan (Nick/Matt, 5)
• Rachel Carson (Ashley/Jenn, 7)
• Ralph Nader (Quintin/Mike Mc., 6)
• Earl Warren

Organizations

• Peace Corps (Courtney C./Leslie, 2)
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• National Endowment of the Arts and Humanities
• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) (Ronald/Sarah Cl., 5)
• Free Speech Movement (Kelly N./Matt, 7)
• The Weathermen (Megan/Drew, 6)

60s Links

*The 1960s and Vietnam

*American Cultural History- 1960-1969

*1960s History

*Radical Times: The Antiwar Movement of the 1960s

*The 1960s - an Introduction

*The 1960s- Nostalgia Central

Sources

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