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 * Pegs**

Political 1 In the election of 1960, Nixon ran against Kennedy, but Kennedy won the election. 2. Warren Court extended the First Amendment through: protecting actions of radicals, protect freedom of the press, ban religion from schools, guarantee adult’s rights to contraceptives 3. Hawkes vs. doves 4.Tet offensive 5.Election of 1968

Economic 1 The Alliance for Progress was organized to promote land reform and economic development in Latin America. 2 Civil Rights Act of 1964 3 War on Poverty 4 Trade Expansion Act 5 Medicare/Medicade

Geographic 1 In 1961 East Germans, with the help of the Soviet Union, built a wall around West Berlin to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany. 2 Domino theory- if Communist overthrew South Vietnam, they would take over Southeast Asia 3 End of 1967- 485,000 troops, 16,000 Americans had died in Vietnam 4 expanded operations in Vietnam 5 things fell apart in South Veitnam

Social 1 Kennedy called for aid to education, federal support of health care, urban renewal, and civil rights. 2 First major student protest- 1964, Berkeley campus, University of CA, demanded and end to restrictions on student political activities 3 Counterculture included dress, music, drugs, communal living, hippies, flower children, long hair, beads, jeans, beards 4.sexual revolution 5Assasination of the second Kennedy

1961 Berlin crisis and construction of the Berlin wall Kennedy sends military advisors to South Vietnam 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington DC Kennedy assasinated, Johnson assumes presidency 1964 24th Amendment abolishes poll tax Civil Rights Act Johnson re-elected 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated Robert Kennedy assasinated Nixon wins presidency 1969 Astronauts land on the moon
 * Chronology**

Bay of Pigs invasion (1961): invasion failed, and Castro got more support from the Soviet Union and got more power.
 * Mnemonic**

E ngel v. Vitale- state laws requiring prayer in schools unconstitutional

RIchard Nixon

Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

Intensity in Vietnam

North Vienamese

Women's movement lead by B etty Friedan, book //The Feminine Mystique// encouraged middle-class women to pursue professional careers

A policy of flexible response was used by the Kennedy Administration as they moved away from Dulles' idea of massive retaliation.

Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy's vice president, and successor, was determined to expand the social reforms of the New Deal.

L ate 1980s saw increase in illegitimate births, rapes, and AIDS