The document provides context about the 1960s presidency and liberalism in the US. It summarizes: 1) John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic president who established programs like the Peace Corps and NASA. His assassination in 1963 left Lyndon B. Johnson as president. 2) LBJ continued Kennedy's agenda with his "Great Society" programs, passing landmark civil rights legislation and establishing Medicare and Medicaid. However, the US was embroiled in the unpopular Vietnam War. 3) The 1960s saw great social unrest and a battle for racial equality, with the civil rights and Black Power movements. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were influential leaders. Urban violence and riots broke out in many