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Book published in 1962 about poverty in america. These idea influenced President Lyndon B. Johnson and was a driving force behind the "war on Poverty", 1/3 was in poverty and of that 5% were african americans. |
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| He was our 35th president of the united states. He served from 1961 to 1963 when he was assassinated in dallas. He was significant in many ways but none more notable than his involvement in the cuban missle crisis when he sent a fleet of ships to block russian ships from transporting ballistic missles into cuba. |
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| Significant because it excalated the cold war to its peak and the world was as close to nuclear war fare then ever be4. Ended with the russians decimating the missles in cuba in return for a no invasion agreement for cuba and Jupitor and their missles to be removed from turkey. |
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| initiated by president kennedy, 1961-63, to establish co-operation between north and south america. Was significant because it was aimed to counter the percieved communist threat from cuba, to US interests and domination in the area. |
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| 1963, Fundamentally changed the american immigration system. It ended racial discrimination for immigration and set up criteria for family reunification, needed skills, and dangerof persecution. The civil rights movement was a major influence for the hart celler act. Significant because it allowed asians and carribeans to immigrate on an unpresidented scale and made, got rid of origin -discrimination of immigration. |
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| 1960's, he Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. |
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