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JOHN F. KENNEDY and LYNDON B. JOHNSON. 1960 Election Kennedy Foreign Affairs Kennedy Domestic Affairs Johnson Finished Term. 1960 Election. Kennedy runs as cold warrior, we must Catch up to soviets, witty, handsome Nixon more experienced TV Debate: 70 million, changed politics
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JOHN F. KENNEDYand LYNDON B. JOHNSON 1960 Election Kennedy Foreign Affairs Kennedy Domestic Affairs Johnson Finished Term
1960 Election • Kennedy runs as cold warrior, we must • Catch up to soviets, witty, handsome • Nixon more experienced • TV Debate: 70 million, changed politics • Kennedy wins close election: controversy • New Frontier: New Generation, stimulate • Economy, reform education, civil rights, “the best and the brightest,” strong military
Kennedy Foreign Affairs • Cold War: military build up, space race • World Aid: Peace Corps • Cuba: Bay of Pigs fiasco • Missile Crisis: 6 days • Berlin: Wall goes up, “I am a Berliner” • Vietnam: slow escalation, Diem coup
Kennedy Domestic Policy • Economic Plan: Heller’s tax cut plan • Cautious on Civil Rights: Freedom Riders, • James Meredith and Mississippi University • Henry Wallace blocks University of Alabama • King: “I have a Dream Speech” • Kennedy Supports Civil Rights: TV address • Proposes Civil Rights Bill • Assassination Nov 22, 1963: Oswald
Lyndon Johnson Finishes Term • Johnson’s Background • Passes Kennedy’s Legislation: Civil Rights • Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 • War on Poverty • 1964 Election: Beats Goldwater