Goal 11

A. 25th Amendment:

created provisions for the succession of the

president and vice president.

B. New Frontier:Kennedy’s program to help the poor, invest in space programs, and

improve the economy.

C. Peace Corps:program to send

volunteers to other countries as teachers, health workers and to do other public works

projects.

D. Great Society:Johnson’s programs to

help the poor, fund education, healthcare, regulate housing and

protect the environment.

E. HUD Housing and Urban Development:

oversee housing to help the poor.

F. Head Start:preschool program for low-

income children.

G. VISTA:volunteers to help poor

areas.

H. Medicare:healthcare for the

elderly (>65 years old).

I. National Endowment for the

Humanities: gives money to artists

and academics

A. Robert Kennedy:was killed after winning the California primary in

1968.

B. 1968 Democratic National Convention:democrats had to decide who to nominate to run in the presidential election – Humphrey was nominated but the party was majorly split – weakening it and

allowing Nixon (Republican) to win.

A. Watergate scandal:

People in Nixon’s reelection campaign

were caught breaking into the Democratic

Party’s headquarters. Nixon tried to stop the

investigation and cover it up. Nixon was

reelected and the story began to come

out

B. Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein:

of the Washington Post uncovered a lot of the

wrongdoings.

C. Sam Ervin/Senate Watergate Committee: led the investigation and

found that Nixon had tape-recorded many of his oval office conversations.

D. U.S. v. Nixon (1974):

Nixon was told to turn over the tapes. He did

with 18 ½ minutes missing.

A. Iranian Hostage Crisis :

Under Carter, In November 1979

Iranians broke into the US embassy in

Tehran, Iran and kidnapped 52 people.

The hostages were beaten and tortured

and kept for 444 days before being released.

B. Camp David Accords, 1978:President Jimmy

Carter had Israel and Egypt meet to try and

create peace in the Middle East.

C. Title IX: law which said any federally funded

program could not discriminate based on

sex. This impacted many educational

institutions, particularly sports

teams.