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Themes of the 1960’s

Themes of the 1960’s. Civil Rights Movement Cold War / Space Race Camelot LBJ / Great Society Counterculture / Hippies VIETNAM. family tree. WWII Service. PT Commander PT 109. Early Political Career. U.S. House of Representatives (1946, 48, 50) U.S. Senate (1952, 1958). JFK.

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Themes of the 1960’s

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  1. Themes of the 1960’s • Civil Rights Movement • Cold War / Space Race • Camelot • LBJ / Great Society • Counterculture / Hippies • VIETNAM

  2. family tree

  3. WWII Service • PT Commander • PT 109

  4. Early Political Career • U.S. House of Representatives (1946, 48, 50) • U.S. Senate (1952, 1958)

  5. JFK • Wealthy, influential family • Handsome, young, charismatic • Catholic • Campaign ad

  6. 1960 Presidential Election

  7. JFK defeats Richard Nixon in 1960 Presidential election • Extremely close election • Role of television

  8. JFK Inaugural • “Ask not, what your country can do for you…

  9. Crisis over Cuba • Fidel Castro leads communist revolution in Cuba 1959

  10. Cubans look to help from US to overthrow Cuba • CIA trains Cuban Exiles • JFK okays plan for rebels to attack at the Bay of Pigs • Invasion is a military and public relations disaster

  11. Cuban Missile Crisis • U-2 surveilance photos show nuclear missiles in Cuba

  12. JFK informs nation, demands removal • Khruschev sends more ships (missiles ?) to Cuba • JFK plans blockade and possible invasion of Cuba • Soviet ships turn around before reaching Cuba

  13. Soviets agree to remove offensive weapons • US agrees to remove missiles from Turkey, not to invade Cuba • Nuclear War is avoided

  14. Berlin Crisis • By 1961, 3 million East Germans had fled to West Berlin • Soviets construct Berlin Wall to prevent movement of East Germans into West Berlin • Wall becomes a symbol of communist oppression until 1990

  15. “Ich bin ein Berliner!!!!!”

  16. Tensions lead to: • Establishment of the “hotline” • Limited Test Ban Treaty

  17. The New Frontier

  18. Camelot • Kennedy White House characterized by youth, optimism, elegance (Jackie)

  19. The Best and the Brightest • McGeorge Bundy • Robert McNamara

  20. Dean Rusk • Robert F. Kennedy

  21. Domestic Agenda • Stimulate economy through deficit spending • Defense spending

  22. War on Poverty

  23. Civil Rights

  24. The Space Race

  25. Foreign Policy • Peace Corps • Alliance for progress

  26. Assassination • Nov. 22, 1963 – JFK shot and killed while riding in motorcade in Dallas

  27. Zapruder film

  28. Lee Harvey Oswald arrested but killed by Jack Ruby before being brought to trial

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