Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – Chapter 14
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Chapter 14 Introductory Essay: 1960-1968
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How did cultural tensions shape the 1960s?
John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration
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Why is JFK's Inaugural Address so iconic?
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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How close was the U.S. to nuclear war in 1962?
The Vietnam War: Ia Drang Valley
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What lessons did the U.S. learn after the battle of Ia Drang?
Was the Great Society Successful?
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Did the Great Society significantly alleviate poverty and social ills in the United States or did it have little impact beyond creating unsustainably expensive federal programs? Anthony D. Bartl and Gregory L. Schneider debate this question.
Was the Great Society Successful Graphic Organizer
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A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Commencement Address at the University of Michigan (“Great Society” Speech), May 22, 1964
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40 Min
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The Vietnam War Experience: An Interview with Veteran William Maxwell Barner III
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40 Min
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The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964
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40 Min
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Lyndon B. Johnson, “Peace Without Conquest,” April 7, 1965
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40 Min
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Image Analysis: March on the Pentagon, October 21, 1967
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40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Walter Cronkite Speaks Out against Vietnam, February 27, 1968
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40 Min
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Free Speech and the Student Anti-War Movement
Essay - 2057 Words
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Explores the impact of students on the anti-war movement.
Students and the Anti-War Movement
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Why were many students opposed to the Vietnam War?
Students for a Democratic Society, “Port Huron Statement,” 1962
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Lyndon B. Johnson’s Decision Not to Run in 1968
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Why did LBJ decide not to run for president in 1968?
Freedom Riders
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How did the Freedom Riders fight to end segregation?
The March on Birmingham
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How did did the March on Birmingham impact the Civil Rights Movement?
Black Power
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Explores the impact of the Black Power movement in the 1960s.
Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963
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40 Min
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Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” April 12, 1964
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40 Min
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Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream,” August 28, 1963
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40 Min
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Betty Friedan and the Women’s Movement
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What did the feminist movement of the 1960s work for?
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963
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Primary Source Excerpt Declaration of Independence
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How should someone act in the face of a government that violates natural rights instead of protecting them?
Primary Source “Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau, 1849
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What is the duty of a citizen in the face of injustice and the violation of fundamental natural rights?
Primary Source “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr., 1963
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How is the struggle for civil rights a natural extension of the Founding guarantee of natural rights?
Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
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Explores Rachel Carson's impact on environmentalism.
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.