Political Changes In The 60's

The people who lived in the sixties saw many political changes throughout the decade. Some of these changes led to distrust in the government and how the people viewed the government. The people saw many mistakes and failures but also witnessed a lot of successful things that did happen. The Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movements, & the first man on the moon were all events that greatly influenced the decade of the 1960s. The people entered the 60’s with a new hope as John F. Kennedy won the election at the peak of the Cold War.
The Cuban Missile Crisis of was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the Soviet Union and United States during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear
Important leaders in the black community, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X rallied their followers to resist the discriminatory practices of institutions that relegated African Americans to the status of second-class citizens. In August 1963, Dr. King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech that came to symbolize the need for racial equality. When John F. Kennedy was elected he didn’t have the biggest concern for civil rights, because he was busy with the Cuban Missile Crisis. As the protests and rallies became more and more dominant, Kennedy began pushing for civil rights. A civil rights bill banning discrimination in public accommodations had already been suggested by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Later that year in November John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in a motorcade at an airport. Johnson, the former Senate majority leader from Texas who served as Kennedy's vice president, placed passage of the bill at the top of his priority list upon taking over the office of the presidency. Many southern Democrats, including Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, attempted to filibuster the bill. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 expressly banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in employment practices; ended unequal application of voter registration requirements; and prohibited racial segregation in schools, at the
Heinlein, entitled Destination Moon. Of course, carrying out a direct ascent in the real solar system, not on a Hollywood back lot, would take much more a launch vehicle with a size and thrust that would be able to actually get to the moon. In the summer of 1968 the United States got word that Russian cosmonauts might be preparing for a circumnavigation of the moon. NASA decided to get a man there first. On July 16, 1969, with Neil Armstrong as commander, Buzz Aldrin as lunar module pilot, and Michael Collins as command module pilot, Apollo 11 took off from Cape Canaveral—their destination, the moon. The trip down to the surface was smooth, but as the two astronauts got closer and closer as they searched here and there for a good landing site. They had landed on the moon. Of course, all three astronauts made it home safely to the welcoming arms of a proud nation and a grateful