May 25, 2010 · During his presidential campaign in 1960, John F. Kennedy had promised the most ambitious domestic agenda since the New Deal: the “New Frontier,” a package of laws …

November 8, 1960 - The presidential race to succeed two term president Dwight D. Eisenhower is won by Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic candidate from Massachusetts, over …

Mar 6, 2020 · The 1960s began with vibrant leaders like JFK but saw tragic assassinations, including JFK and MLK. President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act but faced backlash over …

Three members of the Weathermen, a radical political organization growing out of the Students for a Democratic Society, are killed when the bomb they are constructing in their Greenwich …

Oct 14, 2016 · On Aug 7, Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing Pres. Johnson to wage war against North Vietnam without a formal Declaration of War. After North Vietnam …

Jan 8, 2018 · Source for information on The 1960s Government, Politics, and Law: Chronology: U*X*L American Decades dictionary.

The 1960s was a time of longer hair, shorter skirts, and new kinds of music. But it was also a time of tensions between world powers, races, and generations. These tensions only seemed to …

• U.S. Military Council established in South Vietnam. •U.S. government banned segregation in military reserves, and transportation. •Marilyn Monroe died in L.A. of an apparent suicide. …

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An era of hope and liberalism lay in ruins. By 1960, more than half the US population was under age thirty. Most were not radical, not even liberal, and many who were politically active were …