PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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investigate claims of unequal pay for women.
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determine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
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determine if the U.S. should respond to the Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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investigate the feasibility of increasing Social Security benefits.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It concluded that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald acted entirely alone. It also concluded that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later. The Commission’s findings have proven controversial and have been both challenged and supported by later studies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Its purpose was to investigate the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, at Dallas, Texas. President Johnson directed the Commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1960 campaign, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President as John F. Kennedy’s running mate. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to build “A Great Society” for the American people.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the purpose of the Warren Commission? The Warren Commission conducted the official investigation of President Kennedy’s assassination.
Detailed explanation-5: -While serving as a leading member of the Warren Commission, future U.S. President Gerald Ford also acted as an inside informant for J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI.