1960s

** __1.) American Identity:__ ** > - Moved away from conservative fifties thinking > - Citizens wanted change in education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. > - The baby boom generation became teens and young adults. > - Youth was pushing education (college campuses = debates, revolts, and protests.) > - Civil Rihts movement > - Hippie movement (supported drugs, music, mystic religions, sexual freedom. ex: Woodstock Festival) > - In 1961 the Pace Crps were created by JFK > - JFK assassinated 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald > - Under Johnson's presidency 1965 Vietnam War = protests and draft dogers fleeing to Cnada. > - The respect for authority decreased, and the crime rates increased up 9 times of what it was in the 50s > * Very important because their ways of revolutionary thinking are still in affect today. __** 2.)American Diversity: **__ //- Civil Rights movement// > - Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael = sit - ins and peaceful protests. > - Malcolm X preached for black nationalism >> - After he died the Black Panthers continued his mission (Ex = 1965 Watts Riot and the term "Black" becomes accepted, "negroes" is not) > //- The number of Hispanic Americans trippled//. >> - They were recognized as a oppressed minority. >>> - Cesar Chavez organized the United Farm Workers Associayion > //- American Indians assert themselves in courts and start violent protests because//: >> - 50% unemployment rate >> - Less of a life expectancy (2/3 of white) > //- Women// >> - Presidential commission of status of women created in 1963. >> - Betty Friedan, Pauli Murry, and Gloria Steinem created the national organization for women. >>> - Qestioned unequal treatment. >>> - Because of this the Civil Rights Act of 1964 now included gender. > //- Religion// >> - Many mainstream Protestants changed to transcendental meditation ( Buddhism) > //- Hippies// > //- Cuba// >> - Fidel Castro took over >>> - US broke off relations. >>>> - CIA attacked cuba at Bay of Pigs 1962. __ ** 3.)Culture : ** __ - 1960s = radical and revolutionary thinking: pushed for change. -Art = Alexander Calder and Andy Warhol -Books= __In Cold Blood__ by Truman Capote and __The Feminine Mystique__ by Betty Friedan -Fashion= Bouffant hairstyles for women, go go boots, bright colots, peasant skirts, and afros -Music= Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, the Doors -Musicals= Camelot, Hello Dolly, Hair -Movies = The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, 101 Dalmations -TV= The Flintstones, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Bewitched, the Adams Family -Sports= Mahummad Ali (boxing), Bill Russel & Wilt Chamberlain (basketball) = __4.)Economic Transformations:__ = //- President JFK 1960-1963// - Activists approach to governing - Asked Americans to meet the challenges of the "New Frontier" -"//We stand at the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier// //of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus."// - Hoped to increase economic growth by: - Increase gov. spending - Cut taxes. - Medical help for the elderly. - Aid for inner cities. - Increase funds for education. - Peace Corps. //- President Johnson 1963-1969// - Build "Great Society" = spread American's Economic Benefits to more citizens by: -medicare -food stamps - Grants to schools and colleges. - Increase military speding.

__ ** 5.) Religion: ** __ - Many Protestants changed to transcendental meditation ( Buddhism).  ** __6.)Politics & Citizenship:__ ** // - President JFK // - made nation a better place - Peace corps, aid, for inner cities, help the elderly. - "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask for what you can do for your country." - Economic programs - Longest and sustained expansion since WWII - Wanted the original idea of the US - The first nation to be dedicated to human rights - Wanted citizens to get involved //- President Johnson// - restrain communist encroachment in Vietnam. - People like the 1965 medicare amendment to the social security act. - Explored space - 1968 astronauts orbited the moon. - Passed Civil Rights act 1964 - Eliminated segregation - Urban riots - Martin Luther King died - Cities were burned and there were bombings and lootings - Johnson wanted to help but capital was spent. -"Credibility Gap" 1966 - 1967 -Differences between what Johnson was saying and what he was actually doing in Vietnam * Lost a lot of support. __ ** 7.) Globalization: ** __ = - The cuban missle crisis made the US known. = = - Different religions = = - Different cultures = = - Vietnam war = = -Cold War, the U2 incident = tension between US and Soviets= = = = __Questions:__ = = 1.) Peace corps was created by who? = = a. JFK = = b. Johnson = = c. Martin Luther King = = 2. )What did the Civil Rights Act do? = = a. gave the right to protest = = b. legalized marijuana = = c. eliminated segregation = = 3. )What religion did many protestants convert to? = = a. Muslim = = b. Hindu = = c. Buddhism = = 4.) How did JFK make the nation a better place? = = a. Economic programs, aid for inner cities, and help for the elderly. = = b. Broke relations off with cuba. = = c. preached for black nationalism. = = 5. )Why did the US break off relations with cuba = = a. They did not want to trade with the US. = = b. They attacked US citizens visiting Cuba. = = c. They became a communist nation. = = ESSENTIAL QUESTION: = = - What major changes were made in the 1960s and who helped to change them? = = __Videos:__ -Martin Luther King "I have a dream speech" 1963:media type="youtube" key="7yahGTU8G3g" width="425" height="350" = = -President JFK's Presidential adress on the Cuban Missle Crisis:media type="youtube" key="5OOGA-xrLyg" height="344" width="425" = = __-Pictures:__ = = = 
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