PPT-Great Society Civil rights laws: Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965)

Antipoverty laws War on Poverty 1964 food stamps 1964 Health care Medicare 1965 Medicaid 1965 Other liberal aims model cities education arts environmentalism 1965 President Johnson. Nixon/Kennedy Debate. First televised debate. Nixon not feeling well. Kennedy just came off a SOCAL campaign tour. Make-up Debate. Those who watched it. Kennedy. Those who listened. Nixon. Kennedy wins election. Mr. Daniel Lazar. Election of 1960. Bi-Elections . of . 1958. Dems . gained 15 Senate seats (62-34), 48 House seats (282-153) and . 6 . governorships . 1958 . recession, Republican policy of lowered farm price supports, labor opposition to state right-to-work . st. 1960 - Greensboro, N.C.. Four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College begin a . sit-in. at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar non-violent protests throughout the South. Six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter. Student sit-ins would be effective throughout the Deep South in integrating parks, swimming pools (swim-ins!), theatres, libraries, and other public facilities.. Litigation . (court cases – i.e. Brown v. Board of Ed.). Boycotts . (Montgomery Bus boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks). Blacks walked and carpooled to work for over a year until they reversed the segregation laws on Public Buses.. Draw this chart in your notebooks. 24. th. Amendment. (1964). Civil Rights Act. of 1964. Voting Rights Act of 1965. 24. th. Amendment. Outlawed the poll tax. In several southern states there was still a poll tax meant to keep African Americans from voting. SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970. . b. . Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon,1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement. . In 1954, the Civil Rights movement began with the Brown v BOE decision, but the rest of American society remained segregated:. The NAACP showed that the . 14. th. Amendment could be used to challenge segregation. Unit . 8. Many people / groups had fought for equal civil rights since the Civil War. Was never focal / lead issue. New and Fair Deal “urban” programs considered failures by end of 1950s. Public housing proved a grave disappointment in helping achieve equality. Truman, Kennedy, Johnson. Harry Truman and the Fair Deal. The Fair Deal. In the . Election of 1948 . Southern Democrats had formed the State’s Rights Democratic Party (. Dixiecrats. ) and nominated their own candidate for president-South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond; Truman narrowly defeated Republican Thomas Dewey. a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government. . Pres. Truman put his career on the line for civil rights.. Congress would not pass any of his civil rights measures.. 29 . Review Video. Civil Rights, Vietnam, And The Ordeal Of Liberalism. www.Apushreview.com. Expanding the Liberal State. Election of 1960:. Kennedy (D) v. Nixon (R). TV played an important role. Kennedy won in a close election. Challenging Segregation . The Sit-In Movement . In the fall of 1959, four African American college students at a . Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, NC . sat at a “white’s only” counter and refused to leave until they were served.. The Stormy Sixties: 1960 – 1968 . Kennedy’s “New Frontier” Spirit. New Frontier – urban renewal, civil rights, health care . Cabinet:. Attorney General:. Brother Bobby. Defense:. Robert McNamara . Truman, Kennedy, Johnson. Harry Truman and the Fair Deal. The Fair Deal. In the . Election of 1948 . Southern Democrats had formed the State’s Rights Democratic Party (. Dixiecrats. ) and nominated their own candidate for president-South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond; Truman narrowly defeated Republican Thomas Dewey.