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HI 112 , US HISTORY I IWORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY
From Camelot to Watergate(Chapter 29)
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Election of 1960Election of 1960
Nixon
Byrd
Kennedy
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Cuban Crises, 1961-1962
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Ho Chi Minh (North)
Ngo Dingh Diem (South), with President Eisenhower
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, Alabama, 1955-1956
Desegregation of Little Rock HS, Arkansas, 1957
Lunch counter sit-ins, North Carolina, 1960
Freedom Riders (CORE), 1961
Birmingham protests, riots & church bombing, 1963
March on Washington, 1963
Civil Rights Movement 1955-1963
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March on Washington 28 August 1963
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November 22, 1963
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Gulf of Tonkin
• Danang
USS Maddox Gulf of Tonkin IncidentJuly 1964
Suicide of Thich Quang Duc11 June 1963, Saigon
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Johnson = 90% of electoral vote
Barry Goldwater
Election of 1964
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Great Society
War on PovertyCivil Rights Act 1964, Voting Rights Act
1965Immigration Act 1965 (Hart-Celler Act) Medicare, Medicaid + other social welfare
initiatives (health, transportation, conservation), clean air/water, PBS
Reform from the Bench: expansion of civil and individual rights in the Supreme Court
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Number of Americans in Poverty/ Poverty Rate 1959-2007
Source: CBS News
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March 7, 1965 – Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma Alabama
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Watts, Los Angeles
August 1965
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Detroit, 1967
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James Meredith, shot 6 June 1966 during march from Memphis to Jackson, Miss
Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Toure,(1941-1988)Black Power/SNCC activist
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The Counterculture: a rights movement?
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Vietnam War Phase Two: Boots on the Ground, Planes in the Air
1965-1969
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1968: Student Protests at Columbia University, NYC
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1968: Resurrection City, Washington DC
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1968:
“Clean for Gene”
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1968: DNC, Chicago
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Nixon
HumphreyWallace
Election of 1968
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Phase Three: “Vietnamization” 1969-
1975
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Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 19 -23 April 1971
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Lt. William Calley
My Lai Massacre 1968William Calley’s Trial 1971
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Daniel Ellsburg, during trial for leaking the Pentagon Papers, January 1973
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Americans evacuating from Saigon, 29 April 1975
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“Vietnam Reflections,” Lee Teter
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Watergate Towers, Washington DC
The Watergate Crisis
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Richard Nixon v. George McGovern
Election of 1972
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Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Televised Watergate hearingsSummer of 1973
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Archibald Cox,Special Prosecutor
“Saturday Night Massacre” 20 October 1973
Fire Cox!
Attorney General Elliot Richardson
Ok, YOU Fire Cox!
No!
Asst. Attorney GeneralWilliam Ruckelshaus
Then you’re fired!
Robert Bork,3rd in command at Justice Dept
No!I resign.
Bork, you’re in charge, now fire Cox! OK
And… get rid of his job and seal his office, too!
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I. Obstruction of justice for involvement in the cover-up of the Watergate burglary
II. Abuse of power in harassing political opponents
III. Contempt of Congress for unconstitutional refusal to honor subpoenas of tapes by the House Judiciary Committee
House Articles of Impeachment Against Nixon
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August 8, 1974
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"...I think that the Watergate tragedy is the greatest tragedy this country has ever suffered. I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate."
-- Senator Sam Ervin
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Widespread disillusionment and cynicism
Due process of law v. the “imperial” presidency
Church Committee in Congress: systematic administrative power abuses
Press became more vigilant & aggressive
1973 War Powers Act
1974 Fair Campaign Practices Act
1978 strengthened the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
1974 strengthened the Freedom of Information Act
Consequences and Legacies of Watergate