1960 1969 2016mrscarllsrhs2016.weebly.com/uploads/7/9/8/4/7984859/d_-_1960s_america.pdf1960 1969 2016 A new house $12,700 $15,500 $180,000 Average income $5,315 $8,540 $47,529 A gallon

1960 1969 2016

A new house $12,700 $15,500 $180,000

Average income $5,315 $8,540 $47,529

A gallon of gas 25 cents 35 cents $2.50

A new car $2,600 $3,270 $20,000

Then Now

Volkswagen beetle $1,769 $19,995

Ford Mustang 2 door

hardtop

$2,368 $24,915

Misses Swinging

Shifts Skirts

$5 $60

Oxford Men’s shoes $12.95 $100

Automatic electric

blanket

$9.94 $48.95

Oranges (2 dozen) 89 cents $5.96

Oven ready turkey 39 cents per pound $1.35 per pound

Modern Walnut

bookcase

$29.97 $200

Coal $14.95 ton $40

President John F. Kennedy

1961-1963

President Lyndon B. Johnson

1961-1969

Both Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy were assassinated during the 60s

The 1960s saw continued segregation, peaceful

protests, as well as mob and police violence

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

1964 – The Civil Rights Act passed

Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in public places.

1965 – The Voting Rights Act passed

Gave a million African Americans the right to vote for the first time

The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States for supremacy in spaceflight capability.

USA won the race to the moon with the Apollo 11 mission on July 20,1969. Neil Armstrong and 'Buzz' Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon.

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

The Vietnam War was a long, costly conflict between the communist regime of North Vietnam and South Vietnam and its ally, the United States.

More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.

The war in Vietnam became the government’s top priority. Soon after he took office, Present Johnson committed to a full-scale war.

In 1964, Congress authorized the president to take “all necessary measures” to protect American soldiers and their allies from the communist Viet Cong. Within days, the draft began.

The war dragged on, and it divided the nation. Some young people took to the streets in protest, while others fled to Canada to avoid the draft.

Meanwhile, many of their parents formed a “silent majority” in support of the war.

In 1967, Mohamad Ali refused to be inducted into the armed forces, saying “I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong.”

Ali was convicted of draft evasion, sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000 and banned from boxing for three years.

In 1960, 65 out of every 100 children lived in a family in which the parents were married, the dad worked, and the mom stayed home to look after the house and children.

By 2012, only 22 out of every 100 American kids lived such "married male-breadwinner" families

The decade of space exploration was also full of experimentation with new flavors, textures, and packaging for snacks and meals, including the first use of aluminum cans for food and beverage packaging. These developments led to products like:

Sprite Shake 'n Bake Bugles,

Coffee-Mate Cool Whip Yoplait Yogurt

Pop-Tarts Spaghetti-Os Pringles

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Gatorade Doritos

Campbell's Chunky Soups Swedish Fish Starburst

Twizzlers Tic Tac Mints Trident Gum

American Bandstand was broadcast every weekday through the summer of 1963. But in the fall of that year, it became a once-a-week show run on Saturday afternoons.

People tuned in to see new music artists and to learn the latest dance crazes.

Bandstand was one of the few places on television where ethnically-mixed programming could be seen.