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John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. J ohnson

John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. J ohnson. Important Events Important Policies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfXdfXsyNA. JFK Inaugural Address. Peace Corps. Started in 1961 American volunteers are sent to poor countries Helped with projects Digging wells & building schools. Bay of Pigs.

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John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. J ohnson

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  1. John F. Kennedy& Lyndon B. Johnson Important Events Important Policies

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfXdfXsyNA JFK Inaugural Address

  3. Peace Corps • Started in 1961 • American volunteers are sent to poor countries • Helped with projects • Digging wells & building schools

  4. Bay of Pigs • Fidel Castro gains control of Cuba • Communist g’vt • JFK worried about USSR assistance to Cuba • C.I.A. began training Cuban exiles to invade Cuba

  5. MoreBay of Pigs April17, 1961 >>> 1500 Cuban exiles invaded Cuba Cuban forces defeat them easily Makes JFK look REALLY BAD!

  6. Berlin Wall • Berlin was in East Germany • Roughly 2.5 million East Germans fled • Went to West Berlin • Khrushchev ordered the wall built • Soviet leader after Stalin

  7. MoreBerlin Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szjFKADu69U American troops are sent to West Berlin Wall was guarded by East German/Soviet troops Becomes symbol for Cold War

  8. Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGx7dimJ6ns • American spy planes saw Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba • Would be able to destroy ¾ of US within minutes • JFK demanded that USSR remove the missiles • USSR refuses • US blockades Cuba

  9. More Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAwvCKoSi8 • US refused to let any Soviet ships into Cuba • Soviets threaten war if their ships are stopped • Khrushchev agrees to remove weapons • JFK promises not to invade Cuba • US removes missiles in Turkey & Italy

  10. Space Race http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9WDsgCIroE • Competition started with Sputnik • USSR puts 1st person into space • US 1st to put someone on the moon • Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin • 1969

  11. Vietnam • US was sending $$$, weapons, & military advisors to South Vietnam • Fighting against North Vietnam (communists) • US supported S. Vietnamese leader Diem • Very corrupt & unpopular

  12. MoreVietnam • JFK begins sending more military personnel • Fear of the “Domino Theory” • American opinion decreased when they learned about Diem

  13. Assassinated • November 22, 1963 • JFK goes to Dallas, TX • Travels through Dallas in a convertible • Motorcade takes different route than originally planned

  14. Shots rang out JFK is hit Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested Oswald is later shot & killed

  15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Ol2sZNPqpo4&feature=fvwp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBz3PqA2Fmc Magic Bullet Theory

  16. Lyndon B. Johnson

  17. Great Society • Name given to all of LBJ’s programs • Goal was to eliminate poverty in US

  18. VISTA Program • Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) set up to aid poor citizens • Focused on rural & impoverished areas

  19. The Office of Economic Opportunity • Project Head Start >>> provide education for pre-school kids from low income families • Project Upward Bound >>> assist high school students from low income families go to college • Job Corps >>> vocational training for high school drop outs

  20. Medicare • Provide health insurance to elderly • Some health care as well

  21. Civil Rights • Signed Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Banned segregation in public places • Outlawed discrimination in the working places • Signed Voting Act of 1964 • Federal G’vt can now protect voting rights of minorities

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