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191: Building A Radio Empire-chancellor Media: ... a half million television sets in the United States. In 1954, regular color television broadcasts began. And, in 1963 television news came of age with the broadcast and reporting of John F. Kennedy s assassination. By 1965, almost all broadcasts were filmed in color, and the FCC regulated cable television. In 1968 there were 78 million televisions in American homes, and approximately ...

192: Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S.: ... directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against the Viet Minh. Later, the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased the US's political, economic, and military commitments steadily throughout the fifties and early sixties in the Indochina region. Prominent senators had already begun criticizing American involvement in ...

193: Kent State University: May 4th 1970, Monday Bloody Monday: ... the Student Union in full view of a rank of guardsmen. Jeff Miller, was the fourth casualty of this conflict on domestic soil. Twelve hundred students filled the gymnasium at John F. Kennedy High School, for the memorial service in the young mans honor (Eszterhas, 233-257). "Who killed Jeff?" Theodore Sorenson asked at the service. " It was not only the guardsmen ...

194: Events Of The Civil Rights Mov: ... troops to integrate Central High School C. Ernest Green first black graduate of Central High IV. James Meredith A. Denied by the University of Mississippi after being accepted B. Pres. Kennedy ordered troops to escort Meredith to campus C. Meredith graduates two years later V. COFO Members A. Arrested on false charges of speeding B. Murdered by the KKK C. Pres ... was black his application was nullified, James sued the University and won in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court, with the help of Thurgood Marshall. On September 3, 1962 President John F. Kennedy ordered that the University of Mississippi be integrated. On September 30, 1962, arrived 123 deputy marshals, 316 border patrolmen, and 97 federal prison guards who stood in front ...

195: Contain Communism: ... influence over emerging nations in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. A serious crisis arose in 1962 when the USSR placed missiles in Cuba, their new ally. President John F. Kennedy threatened nuclear retaliation, and the Soviets withdrew the missiles in return for Kennedy's promise not to invade Cuba. Sobered by this crisis, the Soviets were also weakened when ...

196: Minimum Wage: ... Act, which established the national minimum wage at 25 cents an hour; it banned oppressive child labor and set the maximum workweek at 44 hours. Since then, Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Bush, and Clinton have signed minimum wage increases into law. When President Truman was in office, he signed the conference compromise bill, which about 1.5 million ... more then 1.5 million workers in lowest paid jobs in retail trade, services, and agriculture and were provided with no protection by the Fair Labor Standard Act. When President John F. Kennedy was in office, he signed a bill into law that raised the minimum wage from $1 an hour to $1.25 and hour, in 1961. From 1960 to ...

197: Lester Pearson: ... 1957 he won the Nobel Peace prize. It was mainly for creating the UN emergency force which helped settle the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. When the Conservative Party under John Diefenbaker defeated The Liberals in 1957 Pearson was out of public office for the first time in nearly 30 years. In 1958 Pearson replace St. Laurent as head of the ... also thought the Liberals would bring economic stability. Pearson's first move was to restore relations with US and Great Britain that Diefenbaker had destroyed. Pearson became good friends with John F. Kennedy while trying to resolve the nuclear weapons issue. One of Pearson's major moves was the Canada Pension Plan. The Canada Pension Plan was available to anyone with ...

198: Vietnam War - The Conflict In Vietnam: ... to do so. The French were not very careful and this allowed the Viet Minh to cut off their airway to Hanoi. After a siege that had lasted for fifty - f! ive days, the French surrendered. Ho Chi Minh led the war against France and won. After the war there was a conference in Geneva where Vietnam was divided into two ... conference, Laos and Cambodia became independent states. North Vietnam wished to unify North and South Vietnam through military force. Since the United States feared the spread of communism in Asia, John F. Kennedy provided economic and military aid to South Vietman to prevent the takeover by North Vietnam. At this time, this was still a civil war. The United States were ...

199: Gun Control: ... be passed in an atmosphere of hysteria that discourages critical reflection. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was approved soon after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. In fact, on the very day that Kennedy died, President Johnson issued an emotional appeal to Congress demanding passage of a federal gun-control law. Two dramatic incidents had helped create a sense of crisis, which Johnson ...

200: Ch.23 Study Guide: ... cultures as themes 2.Frida Kahlo- Started painting in 1925 when she was hospitalized. Married Diego Rivera. Was inspired by retablos, religious paintings. Was a champion of Mexican culture. 3.John F. Kennedy – Kennedy encouraged Latin American countries to undertake reforms to raise the standard of living for their people with the Alliance for Progress in 1961. 4.Luis Munoz Marin – Became ...

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