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35 112,000 .16. Camelot cont. . Democratic candidate. Republican candidate. Election of 1960. Liberal consensus was that external communism posed the greatest threat to America First televised debate Kennedy had spent a week in Florida with Sinatra, Nixon a week in the hospital

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35 112,000 .16

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  1. 35 • 112,000 • .16

  2. Camelot cont. Democratic candidate Republican candidate

  3. Election of 1960 • Liberal consensus was that external communism posed the greatest threat to America • First televised debate • Kennedy had spent a week in Florida with Sinatra, Nixon a week in the hospital • Kennedy was tanned, Nixon Pale and a bad make-up job • If you watched it Kennedy won, if you listened Nixon did

  4. IKE was no help when asked to discuss what ideas Nixon had contributed he said • “If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don’t remember.”

  5. http://www.history.com/topics/kennedy-nixon-debates/videos#the-first-jfk-nixon-debatehttp://www.history.com/topics/kennedy-nixon-debates/videos#the-first-jfk-nixon-debate • Nixon “ I could shave 30 seconds before and still have a shadow. • Richard Daley” My god they’ve embalmed him before he even died

  6. Camelot Camelot was a play about mythical kingdom where everything was perfect King Arthur The election of 1960 is a sharp contrast. JFK young energetic good looking beautiful wife Jackie young kids vs. Richard Nixon ( yes he’s back) Although similar in age married with young kids. It just wasn’t the same

  7. Camelot cont. • Kennedys biggest Drawbacks • Young. Youngest ever elected president • Catholic- would he follow the constitution or the Pope • Advantages • Youth, war hero; Book Profiles in Courage • Wife. Jacqueline Bouvier • Kids • Daddy’s money and connections aka the mafia( daddy had been a bootlegger)

  8. Election cont • Kennedy won by the narrowest margin in modern history • Thank Mayor Daley and Chicago politics • Lyndon Baines Johnson his VP didn’t like JFK and hated Bobby • On ticket because JFK northern LBJ from Texas (more on him later)

  9. Inagural • Pageantry Most famous JFK quote. • http://www.schooltube.com/video/ed69d39b9e944c26e0f2/Ask-Not-What-Your-Country-Can-Do-For-You

  10. The New Frontier • National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA put a man on the moon by the end of the decade • Alliance for Progress- help for Latin American countries that agree to democratic reforms • Peace Corps- sent volunteers into developing nations • Cut taxes to spur economic growth

  11. Critcisms • Philanderer • Slow to act, more of a reactor early on • Not strong on civil rights • His growing involvement in SE Asia

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