US+history+1960s+political+events

=Political events from 1960 to 1965:= =Presidency: 1990-1993: John F. Kennedy( the [|35th] President of the United States )= == =1. Civil RIghts Movement: 1954-1968-abolish acts that encourage racial discrimination (African Americans) particularly in southern states.= == =2. assassination of Kennedy: November 22ed, 1963= =he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald when traveling with his wife WHY？？（intervene &military expense）= == =then Lyndon Baines Johnson became the president after the assassination of Kennedy = = = =3. Cuban Missile Crisis 1959-1962= == = Cuban missile crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other in October 1962, during the Cold War. = =Allies：China, Iran, Bolivia, Russia, Laos, Brazil, Venezuela, and the most of countries in South America.= = = =Sources：= =http://www.waterbury.k12.ct.us/khs/= =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement#Civil_rights_movement_in_the_United_States= =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_missile_crisis=