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JFK: Camelot and its Fall

JFK: Camelot and its Fall. Libertyville HS US Honors. Election of 1960. GOP candidate – Nixon Democrats had bruising primary Kennedy (great org) (MA) Lyndon Johnson (TX) General election Nixon: 50 state pledge JFK: LBJ in South, family in East Televised debates. Results

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JFK: Camelot and its Fall

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  1. JFK: Camelot and its Fall Libertyville HS US Honors

  2. Election of 1960 • GOP candidate – Nixon • Democrats had bruising primary • Kennedy (great org) (MA) • Lyndon Johnson (TX) • General election • Nixon: 50 state pledge • JFK: LBJ in South, family in East • Televised debates Results JFK: 303 ECV / 34.2 million Nixon: 219 ECV / 34.1 million Harry Byrd (VA): 15 ECV / --- IL, TX vote fraud claims; HI recount = Nixon Mob involvement, in Chicago?

  3. John F. Kennedy • Born in Massachusetts, family moved to NY • Sickly as child • WWII Service • PT Boat in Pacific story • 1946: Elected to House • 1952: Elected US Senator • “Profiles in Courage”: 8 senators risking careers for their beliefs (1957 Pulitzer Prize)

  4. “Camelot” • Glamour of young president, wife captivated nation – rock stars! • Bobby Kennedy - AG • Teddy Kennedy – Senator • Referred to as “American Royalty”

  5. “Camelot”

  6. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” • Promised federal funding for education • Health care for the elderly • 23rd Amendment (DC vote) • Tax reform (tax cuts) • First gov’t budget over $100 billion • First non-war, non-recession budget deficit

  7. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” Civil Liberties • Authorized wire taps of civil rights leaders • J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Chief): thought MLK was a communist • Immigration • Change of policies decreased immigration from N, W Europe to Latin American, Asia

  8. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” • Established Peace Corps (1961) • “Missionaries of democracy” • Work in gov’t, schools, NGOs in over 70 countries • Established National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Orange = currently working Purple = previously worked

  9. Kennedy’s “Space Race” • America was behind the USSR in the space race • 1957: Sputnik • 1957: 1st animal in space (Laika) • 1959: 1st lunar probe (Luna 1) • 1960: 1st animals to return from space trip (Belka, Strelka) • 1961: 1st human into space (Yuri Gagarin) • How would US catch up?!?!

  10. Kennedy’s “Space Race” • Space race: informal competition between US, USSR • Technological benefits • Military benefits • Nationalist (ideological) benefits • Kennedy, 1961: America would be first to the Moon • Apollo program: $25 billion invested in program

  11. Assassination of Kennedy • November 22, 1963 in Dallas • Political trip in preparation for presidential campaign of ‘64 • Shot three times with a high powered rifle • TX gov. Connally also shot in back / chest, wrist and thigh • JFK pronounced dead at hospital that day • Lee Harvey Oswald arrested, charged with the shooting • Oswald killed by Jack Ruby

  12. JFK Funeral

  13. Conspiracy Theories • Official investigation: Warren Commission (1964) • Two gunmen theory • CIA Plot? (discredited) • Mafia hit? • Soviet plot? • Cuban plot? • LBJ plot?

  14. JFK’s Legacy • Television cemented as public’s primary means of information gathering • Assassination and conspiracies led to dramatic decline in faith of government • Continued involvement in Vietnam

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