Helpful Chronological Framework

1960 election        

JFK v Nixon

1963         March on Washington

1963 (Nov)            

Kennedy Dead

            LBJ

1964         Civil Rights Act

1964 election                            1964        Economic Opportunity Act

LBJ v Goldwater                                   (Head Start, Job Corps, Vista, Youth Corps, Community Action)

1965        Medicare

1965        Vietnam escalation

1965        Watts Riot

1965        Voting Rights Act

1966        Model Cities

1967        Riots

1968        ML King dead          

1968        Tet Offensive

1968        Riots

1968        RFK dead

1968 election

                Nixon v Humphrey

1972 election

                Nixon v McGovern