JKF gets elected against Nixon who was vice president came from rich family very young and inexperience messed up USSR Soviet Union Khrushchev Russia supported Cuba to become communist Fidel Castro Cuban dictator Bay of Pig Cubans who escaped to Florida were trained by CIA to go back to Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro failure Cubans then went back to Florida USA kept weapons in Turkey to keep weapons close by Russia Cuban Missile Crisis afraid missiles in Cuba that were the Russian s would be launched at us Kennedy announced that if USSR kept delivering missiles to Cuba or helping them they would have to face America Soviet Union coming with missiles stop and turn around Kennedy agreed to remove missiles from Turkey and Khrushchev agreed to remove missiles from Cuba Peace Corps graduate from college you can apply to peace corps sends Americans to help others to become a 1st world country JFK Catholic people scared that he would do w e the pope says so JFK murdered LBJ Johnson becomes president from Texas signed Civil RIghts Act of 1964 ended legalization of Jim Crow Laws The Great Society gave education school supplies Peace Corps for America job core vista headstart daycare for poor kids medicare medical care for old people medicaid medical aid for poor people Vietnam Johnson had Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave him powers to take all necessary measures to get rid of communism fight North Vietnam drafted many soldiers people who could go to college did not have to go to war rich avoided news is on TV newspaper reporters film battles taking place and broadcasts to US people saw horrible war we did not want to go to war anymore losing war people protested war turned country against Johnson and against each other people who wanted war hawks and those who didn t doves McCarthy vs Nixon Nixon wins because he promises he will pull us out of Vietnam Vietnamization started bringing people back from Vietnam Kent State University protest national guard comes and shoots innocent people Trust in Government Pentagon Papers person release pentagon papers to newspapers proves Johnson was planning on sending people to Vietnam even though he said he wasn t showed that even if Nixon said he would bring back soldiers he was still going to fight as long as communism was a problem in Vietnam people didn t trust government anymore Berlin Wall Khrushchev built wall to split East communist and West democratic Berlin 1960 s hippies woodstock pop art rock n roll environmental awareness Rachel Carson Silent Spring chemical used to get used of bugs how its poisonous DTD Warren Court Earl Warren chief justice of supreme court during 60 s supreme court more willing to give more people power Mapp vs Ohio illegal evidence could not be used Gideon v Wainwright everyone is entitled to lawyer even if they can t afford one Miranda v Arizona police officers as arresting you must read Miranda rights Race Relations 1945 African Americans still do not have respect they deserve after WW2 tension between blacks and whites white flight whites moved to suburbs left poor people to pay taxes for cities segregation began to protest Brown v Board of Education white school 4 blocks from house black school 20 blocks away took issue to court Warren on court court says that Jim Crow laws now illegal Governor tried to block nine black students from schools Eisenhower called national guard to escort them Rosa Parks head of NAACP result of Rosa Parks black society boycott did not ride buses anymore Freedom Riders blacks and whites who went on greyhound buses and went to places segregated and would sit and refuse to move Civil Rights Act ended Jim Crow helped equal housing 24th Amendment ended all voting restrictions poll taxes literacy test grandfather clause Race Riots blacks who were angry National Guard would come in and kill people to get rid of riots Malcolm X came out of jail he became muslim more spiritual and made speeches against whites he believed violence was the way went to Mecca and prayed alongside whites came back and changed his views Black Panthers all about black power wanted to educate own be proud of culture did not mind segregation pro arming themselves to protect themselves if the police hurt them 1968 MLK Robert Kennedy Malcolm X all assassinated