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Goal 12 Review Notes. Domestic Policies, 1961-1968. A. Kennedy (New Frontier). 1. Increased minimum wage 2. March on Washington: 200,000 people demonstrate for Civil Rights MLK, Jr gives “I Have a Dream .” Speech 3. Established the Peace Corps 4. Kennedy Assassination (11-22-1963). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Goal 12 Review Notes
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Domestic Policies, 1961-1968
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A. Kennedy (New Frontier)
• 1. Increased minimum wage• 2. March on Washington: 200,000 people
demonstrate for Civil Rights• MLK, Jr gives “I Have a Dream.” Speech• 3. Established the Peace Corps• 4. Kennedy Assassination (11-22-1963)
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B. Johnson (Great Society)• 1. Civil Rights Act (1964): outlawed racial
discrimination in public facilities, by employers & unions; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission formed
• 2. Economic Opportunity Act (1964): est Job Corps, VISTA (volunteers in service to America)
• 3. Voting Rights Act (1965): fed involvement in voter registration
• 4. Medicare (1965): medical care for retired persons• 5. Housing & Urban Development Act (1965) &
Dept of Housing & Urban Affairs (1966) aka HUD
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Foreign Policy, 1961-1968
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A. Kennedy• 1. Bay of Pigs (April 1961): CIA fails invasion of Cuba• 2. Berlin Wall (1961): Krushchev closed border btw
West & East Berlin• 3. Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct 1962): spy planes
discover soviet missiles in Cuba; Agreement between US and USSR; missiles removed from Cuba and Turkey
• 4. Nuclear test ban (1963): ban atmosphere testing• 5. Alliance for Progress (proposed by JFK in 1961)
provide aid for Latin America to counter the “communist threat” and strengthen relations between Latin America and the U.S.
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Johnson• 1. Gulf of Tonkin (Aug 1964): North VN attack USS
Maddox, Johnson asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorizing the use of military force in North VN
• 2. Tet Offensive (1968): VC wage counterattack, psychological win, turning point in Vietnam!
• a. My Lai Massacre – US soldiers under Lt. William Calley killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians (Vietcong?), pictures hit the media, Calley is court-martialed and sentenced to life in prison.
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Election of 1968• a. Robert Kennedy Democratic candidate,
assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan• b. Nixon (R) narrowly defeats Humphrey (D)
and Wallace, a third party candidate
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Political and Social Activism (1965-1970
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A. Ethnic Activism
• 1. Racial Riots – Watts, LA (1965), NYC & Chicago (1966), Newark & Detroit (1967)
• 2. Black Power: Stokely Carmichael calls for black control of Civil Rights
• 3. Hispanics: Cesar Chavez’s United Hispanic Farm Workers recognized by AFL; boycott grapes
• 4. Native Americans: American Indian Movement founded (AIM)—Protest @ Wounded Knee
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B. Counter Culture Movement and the New Left
• 1. SDS (Students for a Democratic Society): want participatory democracy
• 2. UC- Berkley’s sit-ins• 3. Women’s Liberation: Betty Friedan’s Feminine
Mystique, helped to found NOW (National Organization Women)
• a. Other feminist from the period – Gloria Steinem pushed for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA);
• Jane Fonda (best known for her Vietnam Protests)• b. Phyllis Schafly, author of A Choice, Not An Echo,
opposed the Feminists and the ERA
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• 4. Homosexual Rights visible after raid on Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NYC
• 5. Hippy movement began to center around the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco
• C. Thurgood Marshall was appointed by Johnson to the Supreme Court (1967) – first African American
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Domestic Policy & Society, 1969-1980
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Nixon• 1. supported the 26th Amendment (extended suffrage to 18
year olds), the Clean Air Act, and Revenue sharing: $30 B to states
• B. Watergate• 1. Break-in: 5 men caught breaking into the Democratic
Headquarters. (June 1973)• 2. Congress: Senate investigates & House Judiciary
Committee began impeachment hearing (1973-74)• 3. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein @ Washington Post
used investigative reporting• 4. Spiro Agnew: Vice President resigned, Nixon appointed
Gerald Ford to be VP• 5. Nixon resigns—Ford became first unelected president
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Ford
• 1. Nixon Pardoned, cost Ford the 1976 Election
• 2. Stagflation continued to be a problem
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Carter
• 1. Election 1976: Carter defeated Ford• 2. Economy in Stagflation• 3. Energy Department created (1977); energy
crisis in America• 4. Environment: “superfund” created for clean
up• Three Mile Island
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Social Trends
• 1. Hispanic population grew 61%• 2. Women: >50% employed; Equal Rights
Amendment approved by Congress (1972) not ratified by the states
• 3. Population shift to the Sunbelt• 4. Religion: rise in conservative Christianity;
some leads become political (Jerry Farwell)
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Foreign Policy, 1969-1980
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Nixon• 1. Vietnamization: Nixon turns war to So VN, withdrew 60K troops in
1969• 2. Cambodia: Nixon ordered bombing, led to ↑ in protests (Kent
State)• 3. Draft: lottery system instituted (1970-73)• 4. Pentagon Papers (1971): revealed that President Johnson had
misled the people, proved that he had planned the escalation in Vietnam
• 5. Title IX – Outlawed discrimination based on gender in education.• 6. War Powers Act: required congressional approval for commitment
of combat troops (1973)• 7. SALT: USSR & USA signed Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty• 8. Détente: name given to Nixon & Kissinger’s policy to reduce
tension due to Cold War• 9. Traveled to China & USSR—first president
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Ford• Saigon fell to North Vietnam• Mayaguez Incident; US ship taken by
Cambodian military
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Carter• 1. Panama (1978): transfer of ownership of canal to
Panamanians in 1999• 2. Israel (1978): Camp David Agreement signed btw
Egypt & Israel which gives Sinai to Egypt• 3. SALT II (1979): not passed by Senate• 4. Afghanistan (1979): USSR invades, Carter ships
grain to Afghanistan & pulls SALT II from Congress; US boycotts 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
• 5. Iran (1979-1980): American backed Shah removed from leadership, hostages taken @ US embassy in
• Tehran for 444 days
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Domestic Policy & Society, 1981-1993
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Reagan• 1. cuts spending on domestic programs by $39
billion• 2. increased defense spending by $12 B• a. Strategic Defense Initiative dubbed “Star Wars”• 3. Economic Recovery Tax Act (1981): reduced
income tax by 25% over 3 yrs• 4. Election 1984: Reagan beats Walter Mondale
(Geraldine Ferraro= 1st female on national ticket)• 5. appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to the
Supreme Court, first female
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Bush• Elected 1988• 1. Deficit @ $4T: raised taxes & cut spending• 2. Election 1992: Bill Clinton defeats Bush (R) &
Ross Perot (Ind)
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Social and Culture
• 1. AIDS discovered (1981)• 2. Labor Unions decline ~19%
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Foreign Policy
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Reagan• 1. Nicaragua (1981-188)US provided military
aid to Contras who opposed leftist Sandinistas; cease fire signed 1988
• 2. Grenada (1983): USA overthrew Cuban-backed regime
• 3. Iran-Contra (1985-86): arms sold to Iranians; profits diverted to Contras; Congressional hearings
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George H.W. Bush• 1. Cold War Ends – the Communist Block in
Eastern Europe breaks apart, Berlin Wall was torn down in later 1989/1990, Collapse of the USSR
• 2. Panama (1989-Jan 1990): US troops invaded & overthrew Noriega, who allegedly sold drugs in US
• 3. Persian Gulf War (1990-91): Iraq invaded Kuwait; US troops ordered to Saudi Arabia; Desert Storm used missiles & air attacks
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Domestic Policies, 1992-present
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Clinton• 1. Clinton pushed for Universal Health Care –
failed!• 2. Abortion: overturned “gag” rule prohibiting
federally funded clinics from discussing abortion• 3. Deficit: $496B reduction of deficit, balanced
budget was signed in 1997, 2000 had a $230B surplus
• 4. Taxes: raised for upper- & middle-class & on gasses
• 5. AmeriCorps: jobs for college students to ↑ college opportunities
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• 6. Brady Bill: Gun control through waiting periods• 7. Contract With America (1994): Speaker of
House Gingrich proposed welfare reform, tougher anti-crime, term limits, balanced budget—not passed
• 8. Oklahoma City Bombing (1995): Timothy McVeigh bombs Murrah Federal Building killing 168
• 9. Impeachment (1998) over perjury
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B. Growing Racial & Ethnic Diversity
• 1. Affirmative Action• 2. Bilingual education• 3. Nativism
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George W. Bush
• 1. Election 2000: Gore won popular vote, Bush won electoral vote, disputed returns in FL
• 2. Tax cuts, rebates, new energy plan, No Child Left Behind education plan, Federal funding to faith-based programs
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Barack Obama• 1. Election of 2008: Obama, defeated John
McCain, becoming the first African American President
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Foreign Policy, 1994-present
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Clinton• 1. Embassy bombings in Africa by terrorists• 2. Haiti (1991): UN issued embargo & USA sent troops b/c
democratically elected pres was overthrown. Former President Carter able to negotiate.
• 3. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): work to eliminate tariffs btw Mexico, USA, Canada
• 4. Bosnia (1995): Ethnic cleansing stopped by NATO & US troops.
• 5. Kosovo (1996): Albanians wanted to separate from rest of Serbia, NATO & US troops intervene
• B. Environment—Global warming, nuclear proliferation, ozone concerns
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George W. Bush• War on Terrorism• 1. Sept. 11, 2001—Planes crash into WTC,
Pentagon & PA field• a. Patriot Act• 2. Conflict in Afghanistan (2001-Present): Military
attack on al-Qaeda camps & Osama bin Laden;• removed the Taliban from power…• 3. Conflict in Iraq (2003-Present): Military attack to
remove Saddam Hussein from power and establish a democracy in Iraq
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Obama
• Continued the Iraq and Afghanistan wars