Restless Society: Johnson Assumes Presidency Upon Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas in November of 1963. Just hours after Kennedy's death, Vice President Johnson is sworn as the nation's 36th president aboard Air Force One. Because of his mastery of Congress, Johnson is abl...
Restless Society: Republican Revival, The
By the late 1950s a growing restlessness lurks beneath the surface of American society. Anxiety about America's position in the world, growing pressure from African Americans and other minorities, and the increasing visibility of poverty are beginni...
Restless Society: Legacy of Great Society
Great Society programs and military ventures cause the U.S. federal budget to soar beyond its revenue base in the late 1960s. Some analysts argue that the Great Society is slowing the free market and keeping America from growing at a pace that will ...
Restless Society: Great Society: Assault on Poverty in U.S, The.
Johnson expands on Kennedy's idea of a war on poverty and lays out an agenda for what he calls the "Great Society." In an effort to create full employment, Johnson instigates an $11 billion tax cut and creates programs poor people can use to bring t...
Restless Society: Battle for Racial Equality
During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy promises to end segregation with stroke of a pen. His inaction once he is elected fuels the disillusionment of African Americans. Their attempt to desegregate Birmingham turns out masses of prot...
Restless Society: Divisions in the Civil Rights Movement
Racial injustice is no longer limited to South or rural areas. Sixty-nine percent of blacks now live in cities, often in embattled inner-city neighborhoods where there is a growing sense of abandonment and anger. The Watts Riot in the summer of 1965...
Restless Society: Changing Restrictive Immigration Quotas
The Immigration Act of 1965 attempts to open U. S. doors to Southern and Eastern Europeans and Asians. By the 2000 Asian and Latino populations mushroom, but only about 10% of new immigrants come from Europe.
Restless Society: Battle for Voting Rights, The
During the summer of 1964, almost 100 years after ratification of 15th amendment, thousands of civil rights workers spread throughout the South to work on behalf of black voter registration. Martin Luther King leads a group of demonstrators from Sel...