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1965-1980 OVERVIEW
President Lyndon B. Johnson Took office in 1963 after JFK was assassinated In the election of 1964 Johnson won and stayed in
the White House as President Civil Rights supporter
Voting Rights Act Nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court and Robert C. Weaver to be Secretary of his Cabinet Civil Rights Act 1968
US POLITICS
Lyndon B. Johnson cont. The Great Society
Johnson’s agenda for Congress during his Presidency
Increase Federal Funding for Education War on Poverty and Healthcare Reform (Medicare) Space Program (Apollo Program) Civil Rights-Voting Rights Act Conservation (Wilderness Protection Act)
Foreign Policy Vietnam War Six Day War
POLITICS
NixonElection of 1968
Johnson withdrew Robert Kennedy was assassinated Nixon won against Hubert Humphrey
Foreign Policy China Vietnam War Soviet Union (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) Middle East
US POLITICS
Nixon Domestic Policy
Economy Civil Rights
Affi rmative Action Integration
Space Program Apollo 11 First humans on the moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 1969 “One small step for man one giant leap for man kind”
US POLITICS
Nixon1972 Presidential Election
Ran against George McGovern Won 520 electoral votes to 17 Carried 49 states
Watergate Nixon authorized bugging and burglary of the Demo National Committee Headquarters in Watergate complex Men got caught Nixon tried to cover up by destroying tapes Impeachment First President to ever resign
US POLITICS
Gerald Ford Took over the Presidency after Nixon resigned Served 1974 to 1977
Major Events of Ford’s Presidency Pardon of Nixon Vietnam Middle East Society Union (limitations on nuclear weapons)
US POLITICS
CarterElection of 1976
Defeated President FordMajor Events During Presidency
US Energy Crisis Shortage of oil due to Middle East issues Said it was the moral equivalent of war Encouraged people to conserve
Love Canal US boycott of Moscow Olympic
Since the modern Olympics began in the late 1800s this was the first time the US did not participate
US POLITICS
Oil Crisis 1973-1979 Only license plates with odd numbers could go on odd-
numbered days and same with even numbersSpace exploration
Near loss of Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970 led to Anti-NASA feelings
Plans for missions up to Apollo 20 were canceled. Spent most of 70s working on the space shuttle
US ISSUES
Cold War Conflicts between capitalist and communist forces
Vietnam War Stop Communist spread in Vietnam 26th Amendment (voting age 18)
Iran Hostage Crisis Iranian Revolution 1979 Distrust between the revolutionaries and Western powers
Six Day WarMunich Massacre
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany Palestinian Arab terrorists kidnaped and murdered eleven
Israeli athletes
WORLD ISSUES
Women’s Movement Feminism grew
First woman President in Argentina-Isabel Peron
Roe v. Wade (abortion legalized)
More opportunity for women in the workplace
Anti-War Protests In opposition to the Vietnam war
Kent State shootings
Environmentalism First Earth Day was on April 22, 1970
TV Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Partridge Family
CULTURE
Counterculture Values and norms different from mainstream society Started with youth against segregation Anti-War sentiments Expressed in music, fashion and beliefs Hippie movement (harmony with nature, communal living,
experimentation, recreational drugs, artistic expression) Sexual liberation Drugs Gender equality Gay-rights
CULTURE
Popular Artists Beatles Bob Marley David Bowie Stevie Wonder Rolling Stones Bruce Springsteen
Woodstock 1969 400,000 people Bethel, New York 2 people died
Anti-War songs Ohio by Neil Young War by Edwin Starr Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival
MUSIC
First Super Bowl 1967 (Green Bay v. KC Chiefs)1970 Plane Crash killing the entire Marshall (West
Virginia) football team.First College Basketball Team to start all African
American players Texas Western College under coach Don Haskins
1980 Olympics USA v. Soviets in Ice Hockey
SPORTS