HIS 113C Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Eisenhower Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, Guerrilla Warfare
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The major issue he faced was his religious views. When he became president, he failed to persuade congress to enact medical care for the elderly, tax reform and federal aid to education. Martin luther king jr. brought 100 black religious leaders to found the southern christian leadership. The sclc called upon african americans to continue their nonviolent resistance to segregation. Kennedy had to respond to pressures created civil rights activists and their violent segregationist foes. There (cid:449)ere (cid:862)freedo(cid:373) riders(cid:863) (cid:449)ho got o(cid:374) segregated (cid:271)uses. The icc ordered (cid:271)us (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies to desegregate their busses. In birmingham, alabama, city leaders attacked non-violent black protestors with high pressure fire hoses, clubs and police dogs. September a powerful bomb hit a church, killing four black girls. Kennedy escalated u. s involvement in response to the communists effort to over throw the american. They believed it was important for them contain communism in southeast asia.
