Ch.28 Uncivil Wars: Liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth (JFK-Nixon) 1960-1974
Big Picture Theme #1: How did the Kennedy administration capture and inspire the country in the 1960 election and the beginning of the 1960s?
Big Picture Theme #2: How does the assassination of John F. Kennedy change the course and the mood of the 1960s?
Big Picture Theme#3: How did debate over Vietnam affect the political culture of the United States?
Learning Objectives:
1. What was the domestic agenda of Kennedy's New Frontier, and how did Johnson's Great Society programs continue and expand on that Agenda?
2. Why did the civil rights movement become increasingly assertive and militant over the course of the 1960s?
3. How did U.S. involvement in Vietnam escalate through the 1960s? What were the political and social consequences of that escalation, in both Vietnam and the United States?
1. What was the domestic agenda of Kennedy's New Frontier, and how did Johnson's Great Society programs continue and expand on that Agenda?
2. Why did the civil rights movement become increasingly assertive and militant over the course of the 1960s?
3. How did U.S. involvement in Vietnam escalate through the 1960s? What were the political and social consequences of that escalation, in both Vietnam and the United States?
Chapter Sections
Section 1: JFK & The New Frontier
Section 2: LBJ & The Great Society
Section 3: Conservatism
Section 4: The Vietnam Quagmire
Section 5: Youth Counterculture & the Anti-War Movement
Section 6: 1968
Section 2: LBJ & The Great Society
Section 3: Conservatism
Section 4: The Vietnam Quagmire
Section 5: Youth Counterculture & the Anti-War Movement
Section 6: 1968
Adam Norris
Ch.28 Overview
Ch.28 Overview