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The Election of 1960 • Richard Nixon (R) vs. John F. Kennedy (D) •

The Election of 1960 • Richard Nixon (R) vs. John F. Kennedy (D) • Television debates

Election of 1960 • Why did Kennedy win?

Election of 1960 • Why did Kennedy win?

The Kennedy White House n Camelot

The Kennedy White House n Camelot

New Frontier • • More funding for education Aid the civil rights movement Committed

New Frontier • • More funding for education Aid the civil rights movement Committed to the Space Race Environmental cleanup • Clean Air Act (1963) • Foreign aid • Peace Corps – volunteers serving internationally • Alliance for Progress – focused on Latin American nations • Tariff reductions

Assassination November 22, 1963

Assassination November 22, 1963

Warren Commission • Conspiracy ? • Magic Bullet

Warren Commission • Conspiracy ? • Magic Bullet

Lyndon B. Johnson • War on Poverty • 40 million under poverty line •

Lyndon B. Johnson • War on Poverty • 40 million under poverty line • “hand up, not a hand out”

Aiding Poverty • Equal Opportunity Act • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • Head Start

Aiding Poverty • Equal Opportunity Act • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • Head Start – free kindergarten to families that qualify • Community Action • VISTA

Election of 1964 Beginning of LBJ’s Great Society • 88 th Congress • Democrats

Election of 1964 Beginning of LBJ’s Great Society • 88 th Congress • Democrats dominated • Voting Rights Act – 1965 • Literacy tests illegal for voter registration • Medical Care Act – 1965 • Medicare – aid to elderly • Medicaid – aid to disabled or lower income families • Less immigration restriction

Culture of the 1960 s • US Population – 177, 830, 000 • Avg.

Culture of the 1960 s • US Population – 177, 830, 000 • Avg. salary - $4743 Minimum wage - $1. 00/hr • Continuation of the 1950 s Conformity – “keeping up with the Joneses” Consumerism Television

Mass Culture • Music • Motown • British invasion • Classic rock

Mass Culture • Music • Motown • British invasion • Classic rock

counterculture

counterculture

Changing Culture • Why? • Boredom from the 1950 s • Rock-n-roll • Mass

Changing Culture • Why? • Boredom from the 1950 s • Rock-n-roll • Mass culture – US taking on one identity • Rebellion against conformity • Baby boomers becoming teenagers (Rebel Without a Cause) • Beatniks (“Beats”) – anti-conformists, more of an intellectual culture of questioning the status quo

Allen Ginsberg • Leader of the Beat Generation • Stood against materialism, war, sexism

Allen Ginsberg • Leader of the Beat Generation • Stood against materialism, war, sexism • Capitalism and Conformity = destruction of self

• Timothy Leary • Harvard Psilocybin Project

• Timothy Leary • Harvard Psilocybin Project

Youth International Party (Yippies) Abbie Hoffman against the “establishment”, anti conformity and Vietnam “Steal

Youth International Party (Yippies) Abbie Hoffman against the “establishment”, anti conformity and Vietnam “Steal this Book” Pigasus 1968

The Flower Children • Known for Style Music Homelessness Drug culture

The Flower Children • Known for Style Music Homelessness Drug culture

Haight-Ashbury Hippy neighborhood in San Francisco, CA

Haight-Ashbury Hippy neighborhood in San Francisco, CA

Woodstock - 1969

Woodstock - 1969

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