Top 10 moments for the sixties

By butterybaer

  • FDA approves of the birth control pill

    Without the threat of unplanned pregnancies, women could pursue higher careers.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The soviets placed missiles in Cuba, so we negotiated for them to return their missiles if we didn't invade Cuba.

  • JFK's assassination

    This signaled the oncoming violent instability of the political world.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This act eliminated Segregation and biased voting requirements for African Americans.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This resolution allowed american soldiers to participate in The Vietnam War

  • Assassinations of civil rights leaders

    With the civil rights movement now in shambles with the leaders dead, it would take years to gain their strength back.

  • The Tet Offensive

    Viet Kong soldiers took the South Korean capital during a holiday break. This made Americans realize thast we didn't have the Korean War in the bag.

  • 1968 Democratic national convention

    At this convention, anti-war protesters were met with police brutality in Chicago.

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

    USA is the first country to put a man on the moon, giving the country hope for the future.

  • Woodstock

    This was a famous concert celebrating drug use, free love, and rock n roll.