https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf en-us 2017-05-30 12:24:04 UTC 2017-06-05 12:28:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174396429 2017-05-30 12:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174396429 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174785045 Senator John F. Kennedy marks the beginning of the 1960's. Kennedy took presidency after he defeated his opponent Richard Nixon. John F. Kennedy, at the time, was the youngest candidate to be elected as president. He was the first leader of the 20th century to be born in the 20th century, coming in at the age of 43. ]]> 2017-06-01 10:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174785045 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174793702 John F. Kennedy presidency was short lived. Literally! With only on more year (months) left to go Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.  ]]> 2017-06-01 11:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174793702 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174795655 Kennedy decided to take the united states in a new direction. Telling the  country to ask themselves "not what the country can do for you, but what you can do for the country."   ]]> 2017-06-01 12:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174795655 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174797786 The new frontier was space. The Soviet Union was ahead of its time. Before Kennedy's presidency the Soviet Union launched SPUTNIK, the first satellite to be put into orbit. The United States wanted to reach farther so they created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). When Kennedy took office the United States fell farther behind, the Soviet Union had already put a dog in space and  YURI GAGARIN, Soviet cosmonaut, became the first person to orbit the earth. Kennedy then challenge NASA to put a man on the moon. Along the way ALAN SHEPHERD became the first American to go space, and JOHN GLENN became the first American to orbit the earth. Then three years after Kennedy was gone, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon in 1969.]]> 2017-06-01 12:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174797786 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174906410 John F. Kennedy started on his venture for a new America, changing thing, making things better. He signed a legislation raising the minimum wage, increasing social security benefits, raised research money for mental illness and allocated funds to develop rural areas with little poverty. Kennedy supported and allowed the civil rights movement. Although congress refused them all, Kennedy tried to provide federal funds to elementary, middle school, and high school; protect millions of acres of wilderness lands from developments; and provide a Medicare plan that provides health insurance to the elderly.]]> 2017-06-02 01:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174906410 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174911129 The fear of communist expansion cause America to be on rocky grounds with Asia and the Soviet Union. This fear also caused continual trouble with American foreign policies in place such as Vietnam and Cuba. Kennedy thought that communism was a menace and that it need maximum preparation. He created foreign policies called peace corps which was intended to direct volunteers away from a communist revolution. ]]> 2017-06-02 01:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174911129 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174913312 Lyndon B. Johnson  dreamed of a 'Great Society'. He wanted to complete John F. Kennedy's work as president. Soon as he took office two important pieces of legislation was passed; the civil rights act and Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. ]]> 2017-06-02 02:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174913312 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174913372 "The Feminine Mystique" was a book written by Betty Friedan that explored and challenged women to step out of society's traditions of what it meant to be a woman.]]> 2017-06-02 02:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174913372 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914092 To prove their support for breaking feminist norms, women began burning items that symbolized "female oppression" like curling irons, false lashes, heels, etc.]]> 2017-06-02 02:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914092 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914127 2017-06-02 02:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914127 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914611 Since the beginning of time, women were told that they could not be as promiscuous as men and that if they were, they were sinful and uncivilized. Well, during the 1960's along with the Feminism Movement, women began to feel a since of empowerment and decided to no against tradition and be just as sexual as men. Couples also started to move in together before marriage.]]> 2017-06-02 02:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914611 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914992 But with sex come responsibility. In 1960, birth control hit the market which allowed women to prevent pregnancy by their own leisure. How ever in some states, birth control was banned and it wasn't until the Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court case, which ruled the ban to be unconstitutional. ]]> 2017-06-02 02:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174914992 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174915518 The supreme court case Roe v. Wade legalized abortion which gave women the right to terminate a pregnancy if they chose; however many religious groups were against these practices. People who were for abortion chanted "Pro-Choice" while people who were against it chanted "Pro-Life."]]> 2017-06-02 02:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174915518 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174916252 The Civil Rights Act (1964) prohibited discrimination in the work place based on race or gender. ]]> 2017-06-02 03:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174916252 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174916646 The American Indian Movement or AIM traveled around in the midwest in order to encourage followers to make change in what they believed to be a system that caused Native Americans to live in extreme poverty.
AIM had established the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which provided contacts, grants etc. to the 1.9 million Native Americans in the country through the government.]]> 2017-06-02 03:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174916646 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174917024 Cesar Chavez improved conditions for farm workers in Texas, California, Florida, and Arizona by boycotting grapes, marching, and striking. He also organized the "United Farm Workers Union."
Brown Berets, were groups of latinos in their neighborhoods that tried to help their community as well as battled with Immigration and Naturalization services.]]> 2017-06-02 03:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174917024 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174917472 The greatest foreign policy success and failure was with the Cuban nation. The incident at the Bay of Pigs that was intended to remove Fidel Castro from power but didn't and end up embarrassing the United States and giving great victory to Fidel Castro.]]> 2017-06-02 03:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174917472 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174917945 In 1974, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality as being categorized as a mental illness. Not only that but the FBI had also considered them to be a security risk.]]> 2017-06-02 03:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174917945 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918233 In 1969, police officers raided the Stonewall Inn which was a gay club in New York City, which caused multiple riots between gay citizens and the police.]]> 2017-06-02 03:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918233 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918462 Because of factories, mills, tractors, and railroads, it took a huge toll on our environment with the cutting of trees and pollution of oil into lakes, and toxic gases being released into the air; the 60's became the decade of Green Awareness.]]> 2017-06-02 03:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918462 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918588 In 1969, an organization called "Greepeace" began its journey to save the planet and preserve it's natural resources. So in order to help, Greenpeace enacted the Wilderness Protection Act, Water Quality Act, and Air Quality Act which helped to protect the Earth's wild life, plants, water, and air supply.]]> 2017-06-02 03:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918588 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918746 Earth day was created on April 22, 1970 by a group of students.]]> 2017-06-02 03:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918746 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918872 Within days of Martin Luther King's assassination, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, War with Vietnam was still happening, eye looked at Lyndon B. Johnson differently because of the war and the nation had to search for it next president. ]]> 2017-06-02 03:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174918872 7224873 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174919060 President Johnson signed many legislation and made a lot of progress since John F. Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson was an accomplished legislator! ]]> 2017-06-02 03:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174919060 6644258 https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174919090 "Hippies" became all the rage. Young adults/teens of the 1960's began to experiment and exhibit different attitudes towards sex, drugs, and fashion. The most common drugs tried during this time were marijuana and mushrooms, which often caused illusions, weariness, and hallucinations if taken in large doses.]]> 2017-06-02 03:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/7224873/5jnta75yvmzf/wish/174919090