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1960’s

1960’s. Kent and Concepts October, 2012. Moving from Ike to Camelot to the Great Society to Nixon. Kennedy Charisma. “The New Frontier” Peace Corp NASA. Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis. Where were you when…. LBJ. Continuing the New Frontier Civil Rights Act

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1960’s

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  1. 1960’s Kent and Concepts October, 2012

  2. Moving from Ike to Camelot to the Great Society to Nixon

  3. Kennedy Charisma • “The New Frontier” • Peace Corp • NASA

  4. Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis

  5. Where were you when…

  6. LBJ • Continuing the New Frontier • Civil Rights Act • Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

  7. The Great Society • Head Start • VISTA • Wilderness Protection Act • Elementary and Secondary Education Act • Voting Rights Act • Medicare • The National Endowment of the Arts • Immigration Act • Omnibus Housing Act • Air and Water Quality Acts • Consumer safety legislation But do you associate LBJ with the Great Society?

  8. Vietnam • Trouble was brewing since before WWII. • US got involved heavily after the French lost Dien Bien Phu in 1954. • Each successive US President increased American involvement.

  9. Aiding an Ally? • Ngo Dinh Diem

  10. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  11. Vietnam

  12. Tet Offensive • 1968

  13. Anti-war Protests

  14. Back to Kent

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