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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 | Medicare | The federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease | The different parts of Medicare help cover specific services Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance, Medicare Part B medical Insurance, Medicare Part C, Medicare Advantage Plans | history.com | Medicaid | Provides health coverage to nearly 60 million children, families, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Medicaid covers US citizens and eligible immigrants. | Medicaid pays for a full set of services for children, including preventive care, immunizations, screening and treatment of health conditions, doctor and hospital visits, and vision and dental care. In most cases, these services are provided at no cost to families. | history.com | Food Stamp Act of 1964 | Provided permanent legislative authority to the Food Stamp Program, which had been administratively implemented on a pilot basis in 1962. | Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was later replaced and completely rewritten and revised by the food stamp provisions of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. | history.com | Kent State killings | Occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. | The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. | history.com | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | A landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. | It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. | history.com |