Chapter 32 - The Changing Values of the 1960s

Volunteer organization

Volunteer organization

________- Volunteer in developing nations.

Coinage Act of 1965

________- Eliminated silver from American coins.

1958

John Kenneth Galbraith

Unsafe at Any Speed

Protested car safety flaws

Popular

Good-looking + attractive wife

1960

JFK

Disappointing

Congress defeated many proposed measures

Volunteer organization

Volunteer in developing nations

JFK

Denied direct US support

USSR

Missile installations in Cuba

1965

LBJ

1964

LBJ

Head Start

Help poor children

1965

LBJ

Medicare

Help elderly

Medicaid

Help poor + disabled

1965

LBJ

Coinage Act of 1965

Eliminated silver from American coins

1962

Rachel Carson

Riot

Police vs. anti-war protestors

Election of 1968

Nixon won

Earl Warren

Chief Justice

1956

"Southern Manifesto"

Kennedy administration

Foreign affairs + Progressive domestic agenda

Johnson administration

Great Society (domestic reform)

Cold War

Wars + nuclear weapons

Warren Court

Civil rights issues

The Affluent Society

A book that sought to clearly outline the manner in which the post–World War II United States was becoming wealthy in the private sector but remained poor in the public sector, lacking social and physical infrastructure, and perpetuating income disparities

John F. Kennedy

Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination

New Frontier

Used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him

Peace Corps

A civilian organization sponsored by the United States government that helps people in developing countries

Bay of Pigs

A failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government

Cuban Missile Crisis

A 35-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic missiles in Cuba

Kennedy Assassination

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza

Lyndon B. Johnson

An American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969

Great Society

An ambitious series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the main goals of ending poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment

War on Poverty

Unofficial name for poverty legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson

Barry Goldwater

An American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964

Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage if you are 65+ or under 65 and have a disability, no matter your income. Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health coverage if you have a very low income.

Head Start Program

Designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs

Fiat Currency

A government-issued currency that is not backed by a commodity such as gold

Silent Spring

The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides

Democratic Convention in Chicago

As delegates flowed into the International Amphitheatre to nominate a Democratic Party presidential candidate, tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets to rally against the Vietnam War and the political status quo

Warren Court

The period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States during which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality

Escobedo v. Illinois

A United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment

Miranda v. Arizona

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts prosecutors from using a person's statements made in response to interrogation in police custody as evidence at their trial unless they can show that the person was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning