The 1970’s 4 Richard Nixon 1969-1974 10 Gerald Ford 1974-1977 26 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 38 Looking Back 52 Cabinet Members 55 Timeline 56 Presidents of the United States 60 Index 62 Further Reading 64
4 The 1970s The 1970s The 1960s had been an era of turmoil for the United States highlighted by violent events These events included the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963 increased U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam and the protests against the war and inner-city riots The violence continued with the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in April 1968 and Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in June of that same year In August when the Democrats met in Chicago Illinois to choose their presidential nominee anti-war protesters gathered outside the convention hall Chicago’s mayor Richard Daley authorized the police to use force against the demonstrators It is easy to see why many Americans hoped that the election of Republican Richard Nixon in November 1968 would usher in a return to law and order Martin Luther King Jr Words to Know civil rights SIV-il rites The rights of citizens in relation to their government the right to vote is a civil right President and Mrs Kennedy rode in a convertible with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife on the day of Kennedy's assassination in 1963 Buzz Aldrin lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission walks on the moon on July 20 1969
