MODERN UNITED STATES HISTORY
1960 to 1981
THE EMERGENCE OF THE
KENNEDY FAMILY IN AMERICA
1. The Kennedy Clan
2. Profile of JFK
3. JFK and PT-109
4. The Election of 1960
5. The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
Part 1
THE EARLY PRESIDENCY OF JFK
1. The Administration of JFK
2. The Cabinet of President Kennedy
3. The Peace Corps
4. The Bay of Pigs
5. The Berlin Wall
6. Kennedy and the “Race for Space”
7. The Mercury Space Program
8. Mercury Flight Achievements
9. 1962 - At-A-Glance through September
THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
Part 2
THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS – Thirteen Days in October 1962
1. The Thirteen Days: Tuesday, October 16 – Sunday, October 28
2. Reasons Behind the Sudden Change of Agreement by the Soviet Union
3. Results of the Cuban Missile Crisis for the United States
4. Final notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
Part 3
CIVIL RIGHTS
1. The Civil Rights Movement in America
2. Early Struggles in the Civil Rights Movement
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Freedom Riders
University of Mississippi
Southern Christian Leadership Conference vs. Birmingham, Alabama
University of Alabama
Medgar Evers
March on Washington
Birmingham Church Bombing
THE ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
1. 1963 – At a Glance
2. Prelude to Assassination – November 21-22, 1963
3. Pre-Assassination – November 22, 1963
4. The Assassination – November 22, 1963
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Post-Assassination
1. Downtown Dallas
2. The Route of Lee Harvey Oswald
3. Events back at Parkland Hospital
4. Departure back to Washington, DC
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
The Interrogation and Death of Lee Harvey Oswald
1. Interrogation – November 22, 1963
2. Saturday, November 23, 1963
3. Sunday, November 24, 1963
4. Jack Ruby’s Role in the Shooting of Oswald
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
The Burial of a President
1. November 23, 1963
2. November 24, 1963
3. The Burial of JFK – November 25, 1963
4. Final Thoughts on the Death of John F. Kennedy
5. The Myth of ‘Camelot’
6. How “Camelot” Came About
7. Tidbits on the Kennedy Assassination
8. The Lincoln-Kennedy Coincidences
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Examining Lee Harvey Oswald
1. Profile on Lee Harvey Oswald
2. Oswald in Russia
3. Oswald back in the United States
4. Oswald’s First Assassination Attempt
5. Oswald in New Orleans
6. Oswald back in Texas
7. The Role of the FBI Concerning Oswald
8. Events of November 21-22, 1963 – Leading to Assassination
9. Was Lee Harvey Oswald involved in a Conspiracy to Assassinate President John F.
Kennedy?
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Examining Jack Ruby
1. Profile on Jack Ruby
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
The Warren Commission
1. Establishing the Commission
2. The Findings of the Warren Commission
3. The House Assassinations Committee of 1976
THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
Part 1
1. Profile on Lyndon Johnson
2. President Johnson and Congress
3. The Election of 1964
4. The Great Society
5. Legislation during the Great Society
6. The Gemini Space Program
7. Gemini 7
8. 1966 – At A Glance
9. The Apollo Space Program
10. Apollo 8 Mission
THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
Part 2
CIVIL RIGHTS
1. Freedom Summer Project
2. Selma, Alabama
3. The Watts Riot
4. Chicago – July, 1966
5. Riots in Detroit, Michigan
6. “Black Power”
7. Martin Luther King, Jr. vs. “Black Power”
8. Martin Luther King and the Vietnam War
9. Protest at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games
10. The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
11. Profile on Dr. King
THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
Part 2
THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE FALL OF LBJ
1. Background to the War
2. American Involvement in Vietnam
3. The Fall of Diem
4. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
5. American Commitment in the Vietnam War
6. Strategy in the Vietnam War
7. 1967 – A Tough Year for the United States in Vietnam
8. The TET Offensive
9. The Fall of LBJ
THE COLORFUL AND COLORLESS 1960's
1. Violence in the 1960's
2. Contributing Factors to Violence in the 1960’s
3. The Counter Culture Movement in America
4. The Sexual Revolution
5. Haight-Ashbury – San Francisco, California
6. Woodstock
7. Dangers of the Counter Culture Movement
8. Fashions in the 1960’s
9. Movies in the 1960’s
10. Marilyn Monroe
11. Sports in the 1960’s
THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD M. NIXON
Part 1
1. The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
2. Profile on Bobby Kennedy
3. The Election of 1968
4. Profile on Richard M. Nixon
5. Difficult Times for President Nixon
1969 – A YEAR TO REMEMBER
1. 1969 – At A Glance
2. July, 1969 – Man Lands on the Moon
3. August, 1969 – The Manson Family Murders
THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD M. NIXON
Part 2
1. Nixon’s Plan for Vietnam
2. America’s Advancement into Cambodia
3. The Calley Conviction
4. The Cease-Fire Agreement
5. The Vietnam War – A Tragic End
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The Costs for the United States
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The Costs for North Vietnam
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The Costs for South Vietnam
6. Final Thoughts on the Vietnam War
7. Apollo 13 – A Space Disaster Avoided
8. 1971 – At a Glance
9. Inflation and the Energy Crisis
10. A Summary of President’s Nixon First Term
THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD M. NIXON
Part 3
1. The Election of 1972
2. The Watergate Scandals
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The Beginnings
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The Committee to Re-Elect the President
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The Watergate Hearings
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The White House Tapes
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Summary of Watergate
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The Trial of Five Men
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The President’s Reaction to Watergate
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The Resignation of Vice-President Agnew
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The Resignation of a President
THE FORD PRESIDENCY
1. Profile on Gerald Ford
2. The Nixon Pardon
3. Ford's Amnesty Program
4. The Energy Crisis and Inflation
5. The Election of 1976
6. 1976 – At a Glance
THE PRESIDENCY OF JAMES EARL CARTER
1. Beginning an Open Administration
2. The Energy Crisis continues in America
3. Unemployment
4. Foreign Affairs and Challenges Abroad
5. The Middle East Settlement
6. Trouble in Iran
7. Russians in Afghanistan
8. The End for President Carter
9. 1980 – At a Glance
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
1. Profile on Ronald Reagan
2. The Early Years of the Reagan Administration
3. 1981 – At a Glance
4. Balancing the Federal Budget
5. The Attempted Assassination of President Reagan