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JFK and LBJ

JFK and LBJ. SOL 12b. President John F. Kennedy 1961-1963. A. Elected in 1960 with a narrow majority over Richard Nixon Youngest elected president, only Catholic president, World War II v eteran. JFK.

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JFK and LBJ

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  1. JFK and LBJ SOL 12b

  2. President John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 • A. Elected in 1960 with a narrow majority over Richard Nixon • Youngest elected president, only Catholic president, World War IIveteran

  3. JFK B. Pledged in his inaugural address that the United States would “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” C. Also said… “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm

  4. JFK D. Began the American military buildup in Vietnam

  5. JFK • E. Pledged increased support for the American space program • a. U.S. astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. • b. In 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to step onto the moon’s surface. He proclaimed “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

  6. JFK • F. Dealt with Cold War confrontations in Cuba • a. Fidel Castro led a communist revolution that took over Cuba in the late 1950s. Many Cubans fled to Florida and later attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro with US aid. This “Bay of Pigs” invasion failed.

  7. JFK • b. In 1962, the Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba, instigating the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy ordered the Soviets to remove their missiles and for several days the world was on the brink of nuclear war. • c. Eventually, the Soviet leadership “blinked” (backed down) and removed their missiles

  8. JFK Assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas, in an event that shook the nation’s confidence. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/72668-1

  9. President Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969 A. Became a president after Kennedy’s assassination B. Intensified (increased) US military build-up in Vietnam C. Played an important role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act D. Johnson declined to seek re-election in 1968 and Richard Nixon was elected.

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