Welcome to the 1960s -- U.S. spy plane shot down -- JFK is elected president -- First human in space -- Bay of Pigs Invasion -- U.S. troops go to Vietnam -- The "Rat Pack" entertains America -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- JFK is assassinated -- President's assassin is murdered -- The British invasion of rock music -- Civil Rights Movement succeeds -- Tragedy in the space race -- Six-day war rocks the Middle East -- Boxing champ fights controversy -- The Tet Offensive shocks Americans -- Famous leaders assassinated -- Soviet tanks crush the Prague Spring -- Here come the hippies -- Humans set foot on the moon -- Looking ahead.
Summary:
"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1960-1969"--Provided by publisher.
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