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JFK Wins

JFK Wins. Characteristics of John F. Kennedy. Family Education Military Service Political Career Election of 1960. Election of 1960. Televised debates Age and Religion Major issues Youngest president ever elected First Catholic president VP was Lyndon B. Johnson

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JFK Wins

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  1. JFK Wins

  2. Characteristics of John F. Kennedy • Family • Education • Military Service • Political Career • Election of 1960

  3. Election of 1960 • Televised debates • Age and Religion • Major issues • Youngest president ever elected • First Catholic president • VP was Lyndon B. Johnson • Promised to get the Country moving again

  4. Kennedy as Author • Wrote two books: • Why England Slept • Profiles in Courage • Won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Profiles in Courage in 1957

  5. The New Frontier • Definition • Program Contents • Opposition • Advisers • Inaugural Address

  6. The New Administration • Youngest Cabinet Ever • Dean Rusk • Robert Kennedy • Robert McNamara • Wanted to bring new ideas and new methods to the Executive Branch • Theodore Sorenson

  7. Learning Hard Lessons

  8. Conference at Vienna • Berlin issue (again) • Treaty threatened • JFK met Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria • Talks did not go well.

  9. Berlin Wall • Divided Berlin—East (Communist) and West (Democratic) • Soviet Union built a wall to stop people from leaving East Berlin

  10. Flexible Response • JFK’s foreign policy • Created by Dean Rusk • Alternative to using atomic bombs

  11. Alliance for Progress • Latin American Program • Latin version of The Marshall Plan • Renewed popularity of the US

  12. Peace Corps • Volunteer agency to help under privileged people of the world

  13. Facing Communist Challenges

  14. Cuban Missile Crisis • The Soviet Union was secretly building missile bases in Cuba. • Atomic Missiles would be able to reach the US within minutes • “Strict Quarantine”

  15. The End Result • Lasted 13 days • Was the Closest we came to a nuclear war with Russia • A compromise was formed

  16. Test-Ban Treaty • Soviet Union, Great Britain, and US decided to stop testing nuclear bombs in the atmosphere, outer space, or under water • Five Countries with nuclear weapons • 131 countries signed the treaty • 2 countries refused

  17. A New Frontier

  18. Failures • Federal Education Bill • Social Security for Medical Care • Income Tax Reduction

  19. Some Successes • Housing Act 1961 • Minimum wage • Area Redevelopment Act • 24th Amendment • Tariff Reduction • Putting a Man on the Moon

  20. State of the Economy • Successes helped end recession that began in 1960. • Unemployment still remained high

  21. Problem of Poverty • “The Other America” • JFK began to plan a war on poverty

  22. Civil Rights • JFK desegregated housing projects • Robert Kennedy—in charge of ensuring blacks rights to vote • Thurgood Marshall—first appointed black Supreme Court Judge (by JFK) • James Meredith—first black Air Force veteran that was denied entry in an all-white university

  23. Black Revolt • “Freedom Riders” • In 1961, the ICC banned discrimination in bus terminals • Sits ins, demonstrations • Governor Wallace—fought to keep segregation in Alabama

  24. JFK knew there were bitter feelings in Dallas Shot in a motorcade Lee Harvey Oswald A Tragic End

  25. The Warren Commission • Chief Justice Earl Warren spent nine months investigating the murder • Commission failed to pursue other leads and ruled that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby had acted alone

  26. Legacy of the Kennedy Years • Created a new uplifted spirit among the people • Showed the world that the US would not lack new young leaders

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