1960s

  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival

    the festival showed how popular jazz music was and how youth culture was starting to challenge authority.
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates

    This was the first presidential debate shown on TV, and it proved that how a candidate looks and speaks on television can affect who people vote for.
  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    JFK’s assassination shocked the entire country and caused many Americans to lose trust in the government
  • The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

    This performance made The Beatles extremely popular in the U.S. and showed how may I influenced young people in the 1960s.
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    this gave President Johnson the power to send more troops to Vietnam, which greatly increased U.S. involvement in the war.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    this bombing campaign marked a major escalation of the Vietnam War and increased tension both at home and abroad.
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon

    Thousands of people protested at the Pentagon to show how strongly Americans were against the Vietnam War.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre

    the massacre revealed the brutality of the war and caused many Americans to turn against U.S. involvement in Vietnam
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up

    the breakup of the Beatles symbolized the end of a major cultural era from the 1960s.
  • Riots at the Chicago democratic convention

    Riots at the Chicago democratic convention

    Violent protests outside the convention showed how divided American were over plot is and the Vietnam War.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Woodstock became a symbol of the counterculture movement and represented peace, music and opposition to the Vietnam War.
  • Chicago 8 trial

    Chicago 8 trial

    The Trial represented the government cracking down on anti-war protesters and limiting free speech.
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest

    When four students were killed during a protest, it showed how dangerous and divided the country had become over the war
  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade

    this Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide and expanded women’s rights.