The Stormy 60s

By cduffy903

  • Election 1960

    JFK(D-wins) v. Richard M. Nixon
    *Close election

  • First Televised Presidential Debates

    People who watched on TV thought Kennedy won; people who listened on the radio thought Nixon won-image starts to become important

  • FDA approves Birth Control in US

    Reason for end of baby boom

  • Peace Corps

    Americans go to developing countries to help people in poverty

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Cuban exiles in US so they can go back to Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro-unsuccessful

  • Berlin Wall Built

    Nikita Khrushchev builds to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin

  • Mapp v. Ohio

    SC ruled that illegally seized evidence couldn't be used in court

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Nikita Khrushchev promised to defend Cuba with Soviet weapons

  • "Hot line" Between Khrushchev and JFK

  • Limited Test Ban Treaty

    Bans testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere

  • The Female Mystique

    Betty Friedan-The Women's Movement
    Discussing her disillusionment w/ 1950s pop culture movement

  • JFK supports a Vietnamese military coup d'erat-to kill Diem

  • JFK Assassinated

    Shot in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald

  • Election of 1964

    Johnson(D-wins) v. Barry Goldwater(R)

  • Escobedo v. Illinois

    SC ruled that the accused has the right to have an attorney present when questioned by police

  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    LBJ bolsters US involvement in Vietnam after American ship is fired at by N. Vietnamese-LBJ increases military presence

  • The Immigration Act of 1965

    Opened the door for may non-European immigrants to settle in the US

  • Water Quality Act

    Required states to clean up their rivers and lakes

  • Griswold v. Connecticut

    SC ruled that the couple has the right to privacy

  • Miranda v. Arizona

    SC ruled that all suspects must be read their rights before questioning

  • Formation of NOW

    National Organization for Women

  • Wholesome Meat Act of 1967

    States have inspection programs equal to federal govt

  • Protests at Columbia University

    Anti War Demonstration

  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Americans massacre all in Mai Lai village
    Public learns about it in 1970

  • Tet Offensive

    American stood down on the Tet, N. Vietnamese set up multiple attacks on American strongholds

  • MLK Assassinated

  • Election of 1968

    Richard M. Nixon(R-wins) v. Hubert Humphrey(D)
    There was an indep candidate who wanted to enforce racial segregation

  • Cambodia Invasion

    Cambodia was supplying n. Vietnam with weapons/war supplies

  • Earth Day

  • Kent State University

    Anti war Demonstration
    4 shot dead; 11 wounded

  • Title IX

    Prohibits discrimination against girls and women federally-funded education, including in athletic programs

  • 1972 Election

    Nixon(R-wins) v. McGovern(D)
    Election issue: Getting out of Vietnam

  • Roe v. Wade

    SC ruled that women have the right to privacy-Abortion rights case

  • Paris Peace Accords signed

    Ends direct US involvement in Vietnam
    N and S forces were to hold their locations
    US POWs would be released