Name: ____________________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: ____________
Chapter 28: Promise and Turmoil in the 1960s
The Election of 1960
Richard M. Nixon
Political Party
� Winner
John F. Kennedy Political Party
� Winner
He was president from _______ to ______ How did the television impact this election?
Domestic Policy The New Frontier Program
Foreign (Cold War) Policy The Peace Corps
Was the policy Successful Failed?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Was the policy Successful Failed?
The Berlin Wall
Was the policy Successful Failed?
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard...”
- John F. Kennedy, September 1962, Rice University
The Cuban Missile Crisis Instructions: Shade the United States & Turkey blue and the Soviet Union & Cuba red
The Assassination in Dallas
The Kennedy Legacy
Lyndon B. Johnson à What was LBJ’s biggest goal? ________________________________________________________
The War on Poverty à Purpose:
What did LBJ do before becoming VP?
à How:
Did this policy successfully contribute to LBJ’s goal of bettering society? YES NO
Cuba What was going on?
Washington, D.C. Describe what happened from their point of view.
Moscow, Russia Describe what happened from
their point of view.
Turkey What was going on?
The Election of 1964
_______________________________
_______________________________ Circle the Winner
The Great Society Instructions: Review the programs below. Some boxes require completion. When finished, evaluate the program & color code the boxes as follows: (Note: the REALLY important programs are marked with an *asterisk)
Shade “War on Poverty” Programs RED Civil Rights Programs BLUE Environmental Programs GREEN Education Programs YELLOW
Food stamp act
Expanded the federal program to help poor people buy food
National foundation for
the arts & humanities
Provided federal funding for the arts & creative scholarly
projects
**Medicare**
**Medicaid**
Elementary & Secondary
Education act
Provided federal funds to poor school districts & funds for special education programs
Higher education Act
Provided federal scholarships for post-secondary (choose:
high school, college) education
Immigration act
Abolished discriminatory quotas based on national origins (from the 1920’s)
Child nutrition act
Added breakfasts to the school lunch program
Increased funding for public Housing & Rent Subsidies
Highway beautification
Act Championed by ___________
_____________, it planted
wildflowers on highways and
removed _________________
The Clean air Act
The prevention and abatement of air pollution
Head Start A _____________________
program for low income 4-5-
year-olds
*Civil rights act of 1964*
Equal employment opportunity
commission To end discrimination in
________________________
Based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.
24th Amendment ***
*Voting rights act of 1965*
Evaluate Great
Society
Did these policies successfully contribute to LBJ’s goal of bettering society? YES NO
Civil Rights in Conflict
Dr. Martin Luther King
Protest Methods ... (choose) Non-Violent Rallies Protest March Speeches Militancy Boycotts
Advocated for ... (choose) Integration Black Nationalism Self-rule Black Power Voting Rights Self-Defense
March on Washington, _____
March from Selma to Montgomery ____
Malcolm X & Black Power
Protest Methods ... (choose) Non-Violent Rallies Protest March Speeches Militancy Boycotts
Advocated for ... (choose) Integration Black Nationalism Self-rule Black Power Voting Rights Self-Defense
Malcolm x & Black Muslims
SNCC & Stokely Carmichael
Murder in Memphis
If you lived in this time period, do you think you would have participated in either movement? Explain.
Conflict #1 Conflict #2
Kennedys Response
Similarities
Date
Date
The Warren Court and Individual Rights Am
endm
ent
Rev
iew Match the following amendments
to their definitions:
1st 4th 5th
6th 9th 14th Use these amendments in the section below
_______ there are more rights than those listed
_______ free speech, no establishment of religion
_______ protection from self-incrimination
_______ no unreasonable search and seizure
_______ right to counsel & a speedy public trial
_______ citizens have equal protection of law
The Warren Court Use sections before AND after court cases
Cou
rt
Ca
ses
Mapp v. Ohio
Ruled that ________________________________ (choose one) CAN CANNOT be used in court. Which amendment(s) were incorporated?
____ ____
Gideon v. Wainwright
Rules that state courts must _______________________________________ for poor defendants
____ ____
Escobedo v. Illinois
Requires police to inform a person being arrested of... The Miranda Warning “You have the right to ____________________________. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to __________________. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be ________________________________________. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you?”
_____
*Miranda v Arizona
In addition, police must inform an arrested person of... _____
Yates v. U.S.
Free speech was protected, even if it was ___________________________. Unless the speech posed a... _____
Engel v. Vitale
State laws that _________________ prayers and Bible reading in public schools violated the principle of... _____
Griswold v. Connecticut
State laws cannot prohibit _______________________________________ stating that a citizen has the right to...
____ ____
Social Revolutions and Cultural Movements
Other groups of people were inspired by ______________________________ to rebel against the establishment (choose: the prevailing social order, a foundation).
Student Movement and the New Left What Happened? Students of a democratic Society (SDS)
**
Counterculture Sexual Revolution
Hippies Describe
Music & Woodstock In Retrospect Effects
Did these events successfully contribute to LBJ’s goal of bettering society? YES NO The Women’s Movement
Describe purpose/ goals achievements
National organization for women (NOW)**
Campaign for era
Did it pass? YES NO Do you think it should’ve? YES NO IDK
Did these events successfully contribute to LBJ’s goal of bettering society? YES NO
The Vietnam War Until 1969 Instructions: Read each section of the Vietnam War. Once complete, return and circle the actions that best represent the role each president played. John F. Kennedy 1960-63
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-68
Richard Nixon 1969-74
Gave $ and support Sent troops into combat
Ended the war
Gave $ and support Sent troops into combat
Ended the war
Gave $ and support Sent troops into combat
Ended the war
Map of Vietnam START OF THE WAR Label North & South Vietnam and Gulf of Tonkin
War Hawkes Point of View
Doves Point of View
1 1
2
Constitutional Issues
Who has the power to declare war? a. Supreme Court b. Congress c. The President
Was a war officially YES NO declared on N. Vietnam?
Did the U.S essentially YES NO wind up in a war?
Escalation of Forces
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Controversy The American people began to doubt the credibility (choose: fairness, trustworthy ) of the Johnson Administration because Washington leaders... (choose 3)
themselves failed to understand the war
refused to sign a peace treaty
lied about the cost of the war
lied about the military’s success
paid the media to lie about the war
TET Offensive What Happened on TET?
How did Americans Respond? How do you think TET affected the Credibility
Gap?
GREW IT
SHRANK IT What kind of turning
point was TET?
LB
J E
nd
s E
sca
la
tio
n How did Washington respond?
Did these events successfully contribute to LBJ’s goal of bettering society? YES NO
Election of 1968 Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
End Integration Support Workers End Vietnam War
Conservative Liberal
End Integration
Support Workers End Vietnam War
Conservative Liberal
End Integration Support Workers End Vietnam War
Conservative Liberal
The election of 1968 illustrated that the majority of Americans were in favor of a (choose: conservative, liberal) resurgence. However, around 43% of the country was still supportive of the (choose: conservative, liberal) protest and counterculture movements.
Why was LBJ not on this list?
The TET Offensive Assassination of MLK Assassination of RFK Democratic Convention The Election of 1968
Rank the events from most turbulent (1) to least turbulent (5) & explain why it was turbulent.
1. Because...
2. Because...
3. Because...
4. Because...
5. Because...
Historical Perspectives: What are the Lessons of Vietnam
Who is to blame?
Explain 1. The Presidents &
Military Leaders
2. The Civilian Government
3. The Media
The U.S. should ONLY go to war if it has a vital stake in the outcome. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
The U.S. should only go to war if majority of the American people support it. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
Content from Chapter 28 that could be on the STAAR Exam Texas Standards and Objectives History Terms & Events
The Cold War 1. Explain reasons and responses to Soviet Aggression including the
Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Peace Corps
2. Explain reasons and outcomes for U.S. involvement in Vietnam and its relationship to the Domino Theory
3. Describe the impact of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Act on the relationship between the branches of government and the Constitutional issues raised
4. Analyze major issues and events of the Vietnam War such as the TET Offensive, escalation of forces...
5. Describe the responses to the Vietnam War such as the role of the media, the credibility gap...
Civil Rights 6. Identify actions of government and the private sector to create
economic opportunities for its citizens, including Great Society and the War on Poverty
7. Describe the roles of political organizations that promoted civil rights.
8. Describe how litigation of landmark cases played a role in protecting the rights of the minority during the civil rights movement including Miranda v. Arizona
9. Identify and analyze methods of protest.
10. Describe presidential actions and congressional votes to address minority rights in the United States including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
1960s Society & Culture 11. Describe how characteristics and issues in the 1960’s were been
reflected in art, music, film, and literature
People John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
CORE SDS
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
SNCC
Events, laws, court cases Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Great Society
Medicare Medicaid
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
March on Washington Black Power Movement
SNCC
CORE Miranda v. Arizona
Counterculture
NOW
ERA The Feminine Mystique
The Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Escalation of Forces Credibility Gap
TET Offensive
Dates 1963 – March on Washington, Gulf of Tonkin