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Ch.31 Ordeal of Liberalism

Ch.31 Ordeal of Liberalism . Civil Rights . Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Act of 1957 Aimed at protecting A.A. voting rights Southern Dems . tried defeat the act Anyone interfering with A.A. right to vote Goal to register 2 million A.A. . Election of 1960 .

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Ch.31 Ordeal of Liberalism

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  1. Ch.31 Ordeal of Liberalism

  2. Civil Rights

  3. Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Act of 1957 Aimed at protecting A.A. voting rights Southern Dems. tried defeat the act Anyone interfering with A.A. right to vote Goal to register 2 million A.A.

  4. Election of 1960 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgV7muq3o3Q

  5. Civil Rights Movement Sit-Ins: Woolworth’s Store, Greensboro NC • 1959 and 1960 • Purchased school supplies • Denied service • SNCC • Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee) • Sit-in protest

  6. Freedom Riders (1961) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBY6gkpbTg

  7. Integration of James Meredith (1962) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8VvNkTXVCM

  8. Birmingham, Alabama (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9kT1yO4MGg

  9. Letter from Birmingham Jail

  10. JFK: Response to Civil Rights • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSrvqYKQH8

  11. March on Washington (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDU-oYQN04

  12. Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965LBJ • 1964: Segregation illegal in all public facilities -Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • 1965: Voting Rights Act- Ended literacy tests and federal registrars.

  13. Kennedy and Jackie

  14. Kennedy Domestic Policy “The torch being passed to a new generation” Promised a “New Frontier” Secretary of Defense Economist Robert McNamaraJohn Kenneth Galbraith

  15. New Frontier • Aid to education • Federal support of health care • Urban renewal • Civil rights Why does he have issues with this accomplishing this “new frontier?”

  16. Kennedy: Cold War • Bay of Pigs

  17. Berlin Wall

  18. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

  19. Fear of Attack

  20. US naval blockade of Cuba

  21. Results • Khrushchev backed down • Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba • Telecommunications line made • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

  22. Flexible Response • Africa and Southeast Asia

  23. Assassination of JFKNovember 22, 1963

  24. LBJ

  25. LBJ • 30 Years in Congress • Persuaded Congress to pass • Expanded version of Kennedy’s Civil Rights bill • Kennedy’s proposal for income tax cut.

  26. Freedom Summer (June 1964)

  27. LBJ “Unconditional war on poverty” • Great Society:

  28. Great SocietyOffice of Economic Opportunity (OEO) • Medicare • Medicaid • Elementary and Secondary Education Act • Immigration Act of 1965 • National Foundation of Arts • Department of Transportation & Department of Housing and Urban Development • More funding for higher education & public housing/crime prevention.

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