Civil Rights Act of 1964
.
★ The
Voting Rights Act of 1965 had an immediate impact on federal, state and local elections. Within months of its passage on August 6, 1965, one quarter of a million
new black voters had been registered. ★ The largest and most enduring federal assistance programs, launched in 1965, were
Medicare
, which pays for many of the medical costs of the elderly, and
Medicaid
, which aids poor people
★
★
★
★
★
National speed limit of 55 imposed**
★ The hippie culture, which emphasized peace, love and freedom, was introduced to the mainstream ~ Ancient Hippie Quotes~
Make love, not war.
Don't let the man keep you down.
Live and let die.
Hell no, we won't go.
Never trust
THE MAN
.
Give peace a chance.
Power to the People.
Drop acid not bombs.
Live and let live.
No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
Outta Sight!
Far out man!
Groovy!
Heavy!
★ ★ In 1967, the
Summer of Love
, an event in
San Francisco where thousands of young people loosely and freely united for a new social experience, *
★ 1969 with the historic
Woodstock Festival
.*
John F Kennedy was assassinated during the 60's **
★ Vietnam War
★ Starting in 1964, the antiwar movement began.
★ The greatest outburst of rioting in national history came in April 1968 following the
assassination of MLK Jr.**
★ Kent State shootings
**
★ Nixon was reelected in 1972,
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★ In 1973 The AMA removed homosexuality from their diagnostic manuals **
★ In 1966 the
National Organization for Women
, or NOW, was established to act as an NAACP for women.