1960s america
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1960s America
U.S. Studies
Kennedy Administration
• 1960 Election—closest ever (until 2000)
• Televised debates• Peace Corps: US
education efforts in 3rd World
• Alliance for Progress: Peace Corps for Latin America
• Equal Pay Act
Lyndon Johnson Presidency
LBJ’s Effectiveness
• Used the “Ghost of JFK”• Was a “close talker”• Former legislator—knew
how to get bills passed (and many were passed)
• Meetings continued into the bathroom
• 1964 “Daisy” campaign commercial
• Vietnam did him in
The Great Society
• Tax cut (this increased government revenue)
• Civil Rights Act• Head Start• VISTA (inner-city Peace
Corps)• Medicare & Medicaid• Elementary & Secondary
Education Act (inner city funds; college loans & grants)
• Immigration Act (ended quotas)
Effects of the Great Society
• Positives– Attention was focused on
the less fortunate– Poverty decreased 50% in
America– College—more affordable
• Negatives– Federal government—too
powerful– Taxes not spent wisely– Poor became dependent
on government
Hippies!
What Were Hippies?
• A counterculture movement
• Disliked mainstream values, wanted to make America better (LOVE!)
• Generation gap• Higher level of
consciousness (drugs?)• Many wanted revolution
(only way to bring change)
Fashion
Gatherings
Summer of Love
1968 Democratic Convention
Communal Living
Popular Culture