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Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction 1960–1974 CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading and studying this chapter 28, students should be able to: • Explain why some historians consider the early 1960s the high tide of liberalism. Define the promises of Kennedy’s New Frontier and describe to what extent those promises were met. Demonstrate how President Johnson sought to fulfill Kennedy’s promise through the Great Society. • Understand why the civil rights movement of the 1960s is called the “second Reconstruction.” Identify the role civil disobedience and grassroots activism played during the 1960s, and identify Washington’s response to the black freedom struggle. Explain the rise of the black power movement, and describe its influence on American society. • Understand how the civil rights movement of the 1960s inspired other movements, including Native American protests, Latino struggles for justice, student rebellions, and the New Left. Identify the criticisms of the counterculture. Explain how the movement to save the environment fit into this larger culture of “movements.” • Define the origins of the feminist movement. Identify the different strategies and criticisms of society that were offered by mainstream and radical feminists. Describe the achievements of feminism, and explain how it provoked a backlash during the early 1970s. • Describe the ways in which liberalism persisted during the Nixon administration.













The 60s