The U.S. emerged from WWII and into the Cold War. Meanwhile African-Americans were ready to wage a war of their own against discrimination and for their rights guaranteed in the Constitution. The Civil Rights movement included numerous successes and a diversity of leaders, including Jackie Robinson’s integration of professional baseball, nonviolent protest of Martin Luther King, Jr., the radical actions of Malcolm X. The presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson brought incredible changes for Americas in the 1960s. Major civil rights laws were passed, new government programs expanded welfare and social safety nets to disadvantaged citizens, new foreign policy events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and America’s entry into the Vietnam War heighted Cold War tensions and anxieties.
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS FOR UNIT 8 20 - 21
Unit 8, Which includes civil rights and the 1960s includes chapters 20 and 21 from the text.
Chapter 20 pages 668 to 697 Chapter 21 pages 698 to 727
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