The Life of 1960's America

  • Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960

    Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960
    Dwight D. Eisenhower signed this that mainly was to make sure that no one was taking away their right to vote.
  • Kennedy and Nixon Debate

    Kennedy and Nixon Debate
    The first televised debate in American history was between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy
  • Kennedy Creates the Peace Corps.

    Kennedy Creates the Peace Corps.
    Kennedy intiates 17 bilion dollars in nuclear missile programs, and also gives aid to the military in indochina announcing the creation of the Peace Corp.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Soviets were making missile bases in Cuba. Kennedy created a naval blockade to stop any more missiles to enter.
  • Kennedy's Assasination

    Kennedy's Assasination
    John F. Kennedy was shot several times while participating in a motorcade
  • The Beetles in the United States

    The Beetles in the United States
    The Beetles make to New York for the first time.
  • Muhammad Ali is Reborn

    Muhammad Ali is Reborn
    Cassius Clay, heavyweight championship boxer, chnanges his religion to Islam and name to Muhammad Ali
  • Racism In Law

    Racism In Law
    Three Civil rights volunteers were murdered by Ku Klux Klan. It was later found that police had released them for the KKK.
  • The Great Society

    The Great Society
    President Johnson tells about his views of what America should be.
  • malcolm X Assassinated

    malcolm X Assassinated
    Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City. His assalants were said to be apart of the Black Muslim Faith.
  • Treaty Signed

    Treaty Signed
    US, USSR, and UK all sign an agreement not to test nuclear weapons in the atomsphere
  • Martin Luther King Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Assassinated
    Martin Luther King is shot and killed outiside his hotelroom by James Earl Ray.
  • Richard Nixon is elected

    Richard Nixon is elected
    Richard Nixon barrly is elected as president.
  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon
    Neal Armstrong becomes the first man ever in history to step foot on the moon
  • WOODSTOCK Begins!!!!

    WOODSTOCK Begins!!!!
    Woodstock changed the entire view of music with 3 days that changed the world