Objective 11.06

Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government

officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences

HUD

• Department of Housing and Urban Development/ assistance for low-income housing

Head Start

• 1965/ Development program for children from birth to 5

VISTA

• Volunteers in service to America, developed to help low-income communities

Medicare

• Supplemental Health Insurance for people 65 and older

Peace Corps

• Volunteer organization started by President Kennedy to help third world countries.

National Endowment for the Humanities

• Independent Grant making agency dedicated to research and education in the humanities

New York Times v US 1971

• President Nixon argued that the release of the Pentagon Papers threatened National Security

US v Nixon 1974

• President Nixon must release recorded conversations in the White House to Watergate investigators

Sam Ervin/Senate Watergate Committee

• North Carolina Senator/ Head of the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate break-in

John Dean

• Former counsel to President Nixon/ spent 4 months in jail for his role in the Watergate break-in

Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein

• Washington Post Writers/ Broke the story of the break-in at the Watergate hotel

Democratic National Convention 1968

• Anti-war protest turns violent/ Chicago police called in to restore order/ Hubert Humphrey selected by the democrats to run against Richard Nixon in 1968

25th Amendment

• Amendment to the Constitution concerning Presidential Succession

Students for a Democratic Society

• Radical student led political organization for free speech on American Campuses/ supported liberal causes/ anti-war