Top Ten Moments of the 1960's

By JSanchezPVCS

  • Fda Approves birth control pill

    Birth control kick started a sexual revolution that swept the nation.

  • Cuban Misile Crisis

    Soviet Union had missile over Cuba so President Kennedy order a blockade.

  • JFK's Assassination

    President John F Kennedy was assassinated. Was shot down by a snipers bullet.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Cicil right movement grew to non violent protest. African Americans were finally rewarded and eliminating segregation.

  • The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

    War waged in Vietnam.

  • Assassination of Civil Right Leaders

    Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr showed little in common, but both were leaders in both were killed during 1965-1968 because i think popularity.

  • 1968 Democratic National Convention

    Anti war protestors rushed in chicago and tensions were high.

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

    US engaged a space race with the Soviet Union. America would have put a man on the moon before decade end.

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock was an event that combined liberal ideals of freelove and living.