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PEGS Political -Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited gender discrimination in employment and compensation -Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 but it was defeated -Johnson tried to negotiate peace with North and South Vietnam but they deadlocked over small issues -civil rights act 1964- segregation is illegal -civil rights act 1965- eliminated poll tax Economic -Vietnam War was very costly in terms of money and lives -"great society" was too costly and ineffective -"great society" promised to end poverty-failed. -a lot of government money was spent on vietnam war -hippies spent a lot of money on hallucogenic drugs such as LSD, and some destroyed their lives on it. Geographical -The US helped South Vietnam because they didn't want Communist North Vietnam to take over -The Democratic convention ended badly with a "police riot" in Chicago -Tonkin Gulf Resolution allowed Johnson to send troops to Vietnam to fight the Vietcong -jim crow laws segregated south; johnson changed it by civil rights act -bay of pigs invasion in cuba Social -National Organization for Women adopted activist tactics to get equal treatment for women -Sexual Revolution weakened restrictions on things like premarital sex and abortion -integration in schools and public places -medicaid was for poor and disabled so they had health insurance -more people went into higher education because of more funding- smarter generation

Coral's Mnemonics Vietnam War occurred to prevent Communist North Vietnam from taking over South Vietnam [|soldiers in Vietnam] The Equal Rights Amendment almost got ratified [|women's movement] Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 [|robert kennedy shot] The Tet offensive greatly demoralized the American public [|map of attacks]

Hippies protested the war and also created their own culture, which consisted of music, drug use, and communal living.

Malcom X was a part of Elijah Muhammad's movement and became a controversial voice within it. He preached black violence in response to white violence.

Ghandi's idea of a nonviolent protest inspired Martin Luther King jr's idea of nonviolent protest for civil rights Martin Luther King led a one of the most successful and largest demonstrations in U.S. history in support of the civil rights bill. MLK made his most famous speech, "I have a dream" at that protest.