In the 70's America expected everything to go smooth.
The previous generarion becanse known as Generation X and the next known as the babyboomer generation.
Kenedy had just had the top removed from the car that otherwise would have protected him...Not a conspiracy
People from the opposing party cheered at the assassinatioj if Kenedy and were attacked.
Los Angeles riots
6,000 soldiers in Arlington memorial
LBK declared war on poverty
Martin Luther King speeches
Blacks could register to vote on certain days with help of the approval from a white person.
Blackpanthers were somewhat violent.
Malcon X Seperatist
Martin Luther King was effective with confronting the enemy, Malcom X did not make any progress.
Black Panthers were formed in Oakland, CA.
1965 Watts Riots
1965 Rolling Stones Came In
San Francisco was the carefree city.
Women were given more control with birth control pills.
Airline attendants were dismissed on their 30th birthday.
The Century 1970
The police would beat people during the riots and protest.
Injuries and beatings werenxommon among the protest.
Most of the upper class did not fight in the war.
Johnson decides not to run in 1968.
April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King I'd assassinated.
Kennedy gets elected in 1960 after he announced the death of Martin Luther King at Annapolis.
The Assassination of Kennedy was the first incident of terror by Islam.
Sirhan Sirhan
1968 Hosted a violent Democratic National Convention
The democratic party attacked itself.
Nixon won his election by 48 states.
Richard Millhouse Nixon
The Simpsons got "Millhouse" from Nixon.
During the Eisenhower administration Kennedy was the guy who could attack the other party.
Buzz
600,000,000 people are watching.
1/5 of the population.
In 1969, there were still many riots.
People walked around the presidential ignaturation with communist flags from Vietnam, China, and Cuba
November of 1969; 700,000 people were opposed to the war.
When America goes into Cambodia, protest across 350 college campuses are attacked or rioted.
58102140f Americans agreed that during the riots, National Guards had the right to fire when attacked or the crown could not be controlled.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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