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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

Event	Identify	Significance	Reference