The Sixties 1960-1968
Ch. 28pt.I: The Sixties 1960-1968
Civil Rights Mass Movements
Sit-ins
SNCC and CORE
James Meredith
Birmingham 1963
Terrorism against civil rights marchers and activists
What type? How effective are they?
March on Washington
MLK’s, “I have a Dream”
Kennedy
Peace Corp, What was the purpose, what did other nations think it was?
Special Forces
Space Race- How does it start?
Cold War
Cuba and Castro
CIA and Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the issue over?
Blockade
Who won the bluff- The Soviets or the US?
Kennedy and Civil Rights
His views on civil rights?
Kennedy Assassination
Lindon B. Johnson
Civil Rights Act 1964
What does the law do?
Freedom summer
What was the purpose?
Why does the nation finally take notice of the South’s defiance of the Civil Rights Act?
1964 Election
What were the issues?
Berry Goldwater
What does he represent for conservatives?
Who gave the opening speech at the RNC for Goldwater?
Conservatives in the Sixties
YAF
What does the author say is coded in the statements?
“Personal freedom,” and “Freedom of association”
Voting Rights Act
Hart-Celler Act
How does this affect immigration?
The Great Society
What does LBJ do with this policy?
How is the government affected?
War on Poverty?
Ch. 28pt.II
Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction
1960−1974
Evolving Black Movement
Ghetto Riots
Over what?
How does the civil rights movement change as the decade moved on?
Malcolm X
What is his contribution?
Nation of Islam-how does it push civil rights?
Black Militancy, Black Power, Black Panthers
What are some ideas spread by the militant movements?
Why is this movement not content with the non-violent phase of civil rights?
How do SNCC and CORE adapt?
What happens to the Black Panther Movement and why?
New Left
Who are they and what are their goals?
Who are influential in these movements?
SDS-who are these people?
Vietnam
Escalation—how does this happen and who involves the US directly?
Ngo Digh Diem
What is his relation with the US?
LBJ
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Airstrikes
Anti-war movement
SDS and others involved
Counterculture
New Left and Direct democracy-what does this mean?
Cultural freedom
What does this involve?
Yippies and Hippies
Woodstock
Faith and Counterculture
What groups and activities are involved?
Feminism and the Sexual Revolution
What are some of the issues and court cases involved?
NOW
How was Feminism evolving at this time—what separates First Wave Feminism from Second Wave Feminism?
Gay Liberation
Stonewall
Latin Activism
How is it different than the black civil rights movement?
Red Power
Environmentalism
Who and what inspires this movement?
Rights and Courts
Miranda v. Arizona
Engle v. Vitole
Griswald v. Connecticut
What does this case influence?
1968
Vietnam
Tet Offensive
MLK assassinated
Riots nation wide
RFK assassinated
1968 Democratic National Convention riots
1968 Globally
General strike in Paris, France
Anti-war protests in: Rome, London, Munich, and Tokyo
Czechoslovakia
Soviets crush “softer socialist” movement
Mexico
Riots
Northern Ireland
Troubles began –again
Nixon
How does he come to power?
What were the major issues of the election of 1968?
Roe v Wade
Title IX
Some of this will also be discussed in ch. 29-30
