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Unit 8: The Modern Era
Chapter 19: A Changing World
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War on Poverty

When John F. Kennedy was in 1963, Lyndon Baines Johnson became President. Johnson's programs created the Economic Opportunity Act, Medicare, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help end poverty and racial injustice. During this time, Martin Luther King, Jr., and were leaders among different groups of African Americans, but both were later assassinated. In 1962 and Dolores Huerta founded the National Farm Workers Association to help migrant farm workers, who were treated unfairly.

The Vietnam War

In 1964, the United States became more deeply involved in the . As the war dragged on, Americans became more in their support of it. Some believed the United States had to fight North Vietnam to stop the spread of while others believed that the United States should not be involved. In 1965, the first march against the war was held in Washington. Four students were killed by troops during a protest at Kent State University in 1971. President Richard Nixon began withdrawing troops from Vietnam in 1969 but continued the of North Vietnam and expanded the bombing to Cambodia. The United States signed a treaty to end the war in 1973.

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