Chapter 28
The Liberal Era,
1960 – 1975
Core Standards
• E: 1: g: Analyze the origins of the Cold War, foreign
policy developments, and major events of the
administrations of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
• E: 1: h: Describe and evaluate the political and social
impact of the Vietnam War
• E: 2: a: Analyze major domestic issues and responses
of the administrations of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
• E: 2: b: Evaluate the impact of innovations in
technology and communication on American society
• E: 2: c: Identify the events and influential individuals of
the Civil Rights, human rights and the counterculture
movements and assess their impact.
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Readings for Chapter 28
• Read the chapter.
“I have a dream today that all God’s
children will ‘do their readings.’ ”
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Introduction
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A New Beginning
• Nixon’s Fumble
• Kennedy Controversy
http://archive.org/details/1960_kennedy-nixon_1
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Map 28.1:
The
Election of
1960
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Kennedy’s Domestic Record
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQtfw8U06g&feature=fvsr&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
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Cold War Activism
• La Brigada
• April 1961
• Southeast Asia
• Nikita Khrushchev
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To the Brink of Nuclear War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
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1000 Day Presidency
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Assassination of JFK
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Nov. 22, 1963
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Dallas, TX
Dealey Plaza
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Lee Harvey
Oswald
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Jack Ruby
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Lyndon Baines
Johnson
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John Connally
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Motorcade
Bubble Top
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The Continuing Struggle for Black
Equality, 1961-1968
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The African-American Revolution
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“Segregation now! Segregation
tomorrow! Segregation
forever!”
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The March on Washington, 1963
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Civil Rights at High Tide
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act
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Map 28.2:
Voter
Registratio
n of African
Americans
in the
South,
1964–1968
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Fire in the Streets
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Black Power
• Malcolm X
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The Struggle Goes On
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The Expanding Movement for
Equality
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Native-American Activism
• American Indian Movement (AIM)
• Indian Self-Determination Act of 1974
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Hispanic-Americans Organize
• Immigration Act of 1965
• Cesar Estrada Chavez
– La Causa
• Chicano and Chicano
• Immigration and Control Act of
1986
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Asian-American Activism
• Asian-American Political Alliance
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Liberalism Ascendant, 1963-1968
• Lyndon Baines Johnson
• Lady Bird
– “Be kind to Lyndon.”
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Johnson Takes Over
• War on Poverty
• Great Society
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1964 Election
• Barry Goldwater
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The Great Society
• Medicare
• Medicaid
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The Liberalism of the Warren Court
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The Vietnam Crusade, 1961-1967
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My Lai Massacre
Hanoi Hilton
Hao Lo Prison
Bouncing Betty
Land mine
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Map 28.3:
The Vietnam
War, to 1968
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Origins and Causes
• Domino Theory
• National Liberation Front
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Kennedy and Vietnam
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Lyndon Johnson’s Endless War
• Hawks
• Doves
• “Hell No, We Won’t Go”
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The TET Offensive and Shaken
President
• Eugene McCarthy
• Robert Kennedy
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Map 29.1:
The Tet
Offensive,
JanuaryFebruary 1968
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Figure 28.1B: U.S. Combat
in Vietnam
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Nixon’s War
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Figure 28.1A: U.S. Combat
in Vietnam
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America’s Longest War Ends
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Conclusion
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