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    1960 Kennedy vs. Nixon” In Richard Nixon’s political ad‚ “Peace‚” the overall message is about experience and knowing what to do during though times. Nixon’s campaign tried to convey this seriousness by shooting its commercials of Nixon perched on a desk and speaking directly to the camera. In JFK’s 1960 “Debate‚” political ad‚ he addresses the people in a snappier way‚ and by “facing the issues squarely.” However‚ neither of the candidates’ ads was about issues; rather‚ they were more contrast

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    1. The civil rights movement was a struggle by African-Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to whites‚ including equal opportunity in employment‚ housing‚ and education‚ as well as the right to vote‚ the right of equal access to public facilities‚ and the right to be free of racial discrimination. This movement wanted to restore to African-Americans the rights of citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.Leaders of the movement predicted‚

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    any better. So they had to make them seem better‚ or completely forget about them. Thats where the drugs came into play. It was commonly believed that the governments drug enforcement apparatus was an instrument of repression and a truly democratic society would legalize drugs. (Brewster Jennings 392)The lifestyle of many musical phenoms resulted in tragic deaths (300) that had a huge impact on the listeners. Stars like Jim Morrison never even made it into their thirties. Because their rock

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    Music has been around the world since the beginning of entertainment. Music has popular since the 1960s. During the 1960s’‚ music has changed from classical music to modern pop and rock from the artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Also‚ in the ‘60s‚ they were containing songs that were use to protest. For example‚ Soul singer Sam Cooke wrote “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Bob Dylan wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Both songs are responses to racism during the Civil Rights Movements. Also

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    THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600

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    The 1960s was a time in history that not only glorified the significance of freedom but it also showed the efforts and determination then the struggle to make everyone equal. John F Kennedy promised the most ambitious agenda called the new frontier a package of laws and reforms that would end any quality in the United States.but then John F. Kennedy ran into a group of southerners who did not want the same thing as him. And they created laws in order to counter any sort of equality with blacks and

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    The drive to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 grew rapidly in the late 1960’s. Students’ activism movements protesting the Vietnam War gave rise to this and following Supreme Court’s case Oregon vs. Mitchell‚ it was widely believed that a new amendment to the constitution should to be drafted. The amendment was quickly proposed on March 23rd‚ 1971 and ratified by 42 states on July 1st‚ 1971(laws.com). The Twenty Sixth amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the states and federal

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    1950-1960’s where the times when people were fighting for their civil rights. This was in the past but their actions have shaped the future for a new generation were people of any color have the ability to do as they please. Sadly not everyone was moved by their actions and so racial profiling still lingers. How are the people of today fighting back? One of the big instances of racial profiling was towards couch Rodrick Rhodes. He’s played in Kentucky before‚ he represented them and played for

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    In the United States there have been many social changes. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was the most powerful and compelling change to occur in our history. The Civil Rights Movement was a time dedicated to activism for equal rights and fairness for African Americans in the United States. The people pushed for nothing more than social‚ legal‚ and political changes to prohibit discrimination and end segregation. Though Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery was one step in the right direction

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    During the 1950s and 1960s‚ many African Americans were treated with discrimination and racial segregation due to the “Jim Crow” Laws which segregated blacks from being at certain places with white people (Civil Rights Movement). This inequality angered many African Americans as they began to protest for their civil rights and equality‚ turning it into the Civil Rights Movement. The fight for freedom was a long and rough journey‚ but they were able to put an end to segregation in public places and

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