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Kennedy and Nixon Debate
First televised debate ending with a democratic Kennedy victory against republican canidate Nixon -
Presidental Election
Kennedy wins by a small margin with no mandate -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed attempt to assassinate Castro -
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Berlin Crisis
The division of communist and non commusist berlin, east and west berlin -
Mapp v. Ohio Decisions
Warren Court decided that police must have specific warrants to make arresrs -
Engel v. Vitale Case Decision
The case led warren comission to result to in state prayer seperation of church and state -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
On the verge of nuclear war with USSR as a result of the bay of pigs invasion -
Kennedy's Decision against USSR
Kennedy goes on television to announce that he had auuthorized a naval quarantine around cuba during the cuban missile crisis -
Baker v. Carr Decision
Warren court decided that voting districts must be based on population -
The Feminine Mystique
Book published by Betty Friedan which inspired the womens movement -
Martin Luther King in Jail
King was put in the birmingham jail because he was protesing in a heavily segregated area -
March on Washington
Protest for civil rights where speeches were given, including Martin Luther King's famous "i Have a dream" speech -
Kennedy Assassination
Kenndy was assansinated during parade in dallas texas -
Lyndon Johnson Becomes President
After kenndedy is assassinated, johnson takes oath for office -
Oswald Assassination
Oswald was a suspect in the JFK assassination and two days later Jack Ruby assassinates oswald -
Gideon v. Wainwright Decisions
Warren court decided that all suspects must have the right to an attorney -
24th Amendment
Ended the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act banned the use of different voter registration standards, prohibited discrimination in public acommodations, allowed the withholding of federal funds and banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion or national originality by employers and unions -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
US ships were attacked by north vietnam and this gave johnson full control over the events in vietnam -
Escobedo v. Illinois
Warren court decided that all suspects have the right to an attorney during questioning -
Chaos at administration building
students attacked the administration building with violent riots after not allowing them to protest and about 700 students were arrested -
Johnson Plans His Great Society
sequence of events to help the american people -
Selma March
African Americans walk from selma to the state capital, montgomery -
Medicare and Medicaid formed
part of johnsons great society to help those who cant afford health care and medical aid -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
law aimed at reducing the barrier that prevented african americans from voting in part by increasing the federal governments authority to register -
Unsafe at Any Speed
Ralph Nader published the unsafe at any speed book initiating the consumer protection movement -
Formation of NOW
The national organizaton for wormen is formed because they were frustrated with the other womens groups who were unwilling to pressure the equal employment opportunity commission to take womes grievances more seriously -
Miranda v. Arizona
warren court decided that all suspects must be informed of their rights upon arrest -
Tet Offensive
Turning point in the war; surprise attacks on major cities and towna and american military basis throughout south vietnam -
Latino protests
10,000 Mexican american students walked out of five high schools and protested their unequal treatment -
My Lai Massacre
In order to get a high body count, US troops went into a small village in south vietnam where 250 memebers of the viet cong were being sheltered and the american troops beat killed and rapped anyone who was seen as an enemy -
Johnson's Decides Not to Run
Johnson decides not to run for a second term because his people bagan to oppose the war -
Martin Luther King Assassination
King is assassinated and a lot of hope was lost for the civil rights movement -
Paris Peace Talks
attempted to come up with an agreement to end vietnam war but failed -
Robert Kennedy Assassination
Almost all hope was lost after King and Kennedys assasination -
Election of 1968
Nixon is elected into office against Humphrey after johnsons withdraw -
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Woodstock Festival
three day festival celebrating rock music and the counterculture -
Silent Majority Speech
Nixon's appealed to those who quietly supported his policies -
Vietnamization
Nixon plans to pull troops from vietnam and replaces them with south vietnam troops -
Altamont Festival
300,000 people gathered for a rolling stones concert in altamont california and it signaled that peace will not last forever due to the violence that erupted
