THE 1960'S

JOHN F KENNEDY

• President of the United States from 1961-1963
• New Frontier for space and military expansion
• Assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas,Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

• USSR attempted to move nuclear missiles into Cuba
• USA setup a blockade
• Situation is resolved when the US agrees to remove missles from Turkey.

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• Minorities work together to gain rights in areas such as; voting, housing, jobs ,and many others

MALCOM X

• Civil Rights leader
• Supported in using violence to gain rights
• Assassinated in Harlem while giving a speech

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

• Civil rights leader
• He used nonviolent civil disobedience to gain rights
• Assassinated on April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray
• Massive rioting followed his assassination

VIETNAM WAR

• 1955-1975
• US fought with South Vietnam against North Vietnam
• Fought to stop the spread of communism
• Ended in 1975 when Saigon ,South Vietnam's Capitol, fell

COUNTERCULTURE

• Mostly white middle class youths
• Went against societal norms
• Opposed the Vietnam war

ERA

• Equal Rights Ammendment
• Proposed Ammendment to the US constitution to guarantee equal rights to women
• Fell 3 states short of ratification