LBJ AND JFK Flashcards

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1960s music

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beach boys (harmony), marvin gay (soul), bob dylan, diana ross, jimmy hendrix, beatles
british invasion- beatles, the who
soul- james brown, uretha franklin
acid rock-the doors, the greatful dead

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1960s voices

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JFK, LBJ, Muhammad ali, betty friedan, malcom x, andy warhol, bob dylan, ralph nadar

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1960s woodstock

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august 15-17, 1969, music festival, on max yasgur’s farm, jimmy hendrix, sex drug and rock and roll

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1960s religion

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zen buddhism, communal living-hippies

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1960s new products

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electric tooth brushes, felt tip pens, easy bake ovens, push button phone, pop tarts, camero, spaghetti o’s, 64 1/2 ford mustang, big mac, 5 digit zip codes

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1960s counter culture

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anti establishment, “make love not war”, timothy leary, hippie culture begins in CA, belled bottoms, flower shirts, long hair

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space race Yuri Gagarin

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1961, vostok 1, first man in space

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space race Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins

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neil armstrong first man on moon, the eagle has landed, apollo 11, first craft to land on the moon, Aldrin second man, Collins stayed aboard

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Charles DeGualle

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Wanted to back out of NATO so we did the grand design and he felt manipulated and withdrew. He is the leader of France

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Henry Cabot lodge

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Ran as nixons vp in the 60 election

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Gerald ford

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Future prez, was on the warren commission which investigated kennedys death

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Richard Nixon

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Ran for prez in the 1060 election, did not win, republican, slogan was “for the future”,

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Leader of Russia

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Timothy Leary

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Did the experiments with LSD on his students

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Lyndon B Johnson

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Born in Texas, was in the navy in WWII, married with 2 daughters, political career starts in 37, became senator in 41, JFKs vp,
While he was prez he passed dept of housing and urban development, Medicare/Medicaid, voting rights act, civil rights act, Vietnam
His foreign policy was dominated by war

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John Franklin Kennedy

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democratic president, irish catholic, 9 siblings, wealthy because of prohibition, competitive family, health problems back injuries, very political family, went to Harvard, 6 congress, 8 senate, only prez to win pulitzer prize, “new frontier”,
was prez during march on Washington, nuclear test ban, peace corps, bay of pigs cuban missile crisis, trade expansion act
assassination-killed 11-22-1963, warren in charge of the investigation of his death

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Jack ruby

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Shot Oswald so he was never tried

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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Supposed murder of JFK

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John Connolly

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Mayor of Texas or something, was with Kennedy when he was shot and died.

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Robert Kennedy

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Brother and attorney general of JFK, he was assassinated

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Earl Warren

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In charge of warren commission which investigated kennedys assassination

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1960 election

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Republicans-Nixon and Lodge, “for the future”
Democrats-John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Johnson, “New frontier”
JFK wins
Issues-Berlin being split, ussr, Cuba, missile gap, liberation of African nations, 2 China’s

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1964 election

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Democrats-LBJ, hubert humphrey, his goal was to restrain foreign policy, Federal gov aid for education, dominated “middle of the road”, he stood for civil rights, and wanted to declare war on poverty
Republicans-Barry Goldwater, his goal was to have no civil rights, he suggested sale of tva, questioned social security, said violent conflict with ussr was inevitable, alienated many republicans

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VISTA

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LBJ’s answer to world poverty

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Peace corps

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Volunteers in under developed countries, who educated those living there

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Grand design

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Wanted to draw NATO nations closer, trade expansion act-terrify dropped on NATO nations, Great Britain had to be admitted to common market, DeGualle feels manipulated and withdrawals, NATO moves to Belgium

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Blizzard of laws

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LBJ’s big push to pass laws after kennedys death

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“Paper Tiger”

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What China called Soviet Union

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Alliance for progress

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Economic cooperation between north and South America

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NATO

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Treaty between nations that is mutually beneficial, ties strengthened under Kennedy