Modern America Matrix Week 3
Week 3: 1960s Part Two
Johnson’s Presidency
From the following list, choose five events from the 1960s. Identify the basic facts, dates, and purpose of the event in 2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column, and add a reference for your material in the Reference column.
· Medicare
· Medicaid
· The War on Poverty
· The Apollo Program
· The Department of Housing and Urban Development
· The Civil Rights Act of 1964
· Tax Cuts for Economic Growth
· Job Corps
· National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities
· National School Lunch Act of 1946
· Wilderness Act of 1964
· Food Stamp Act of 1964
· The Voting Rights Act of 1965
· The Immigration Act of 1965
· The Rolling Stones
· The Beatles
· Flower Children
· Abbie Hoffman and the Chicago Seven
· Kent State killings
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