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1960 Election
• Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
• The TV debates may have been the deciding factor. Kennedy looked better and more confident on TV
1960 Election cont.• Kennedy Wins the 1960 Election by one of the
narrowest margins in American history. • As a result, Kennedy has a weak mandate.
Space Program
In response to Sputnik, we will attempt to put the first man in space.
The Russians beat us at this too.
And dog… And monkey…
Foreign policy
• Bay of Pigs Invasion – Castro takes Cuba,
seizes U.S. properties, and cozies up to the USSR.
Bay of Pigs cont.
• JFK learns of CIA plan to overthrow Castro w/Cuban refugees
• Goes ahead with plan, but not fully
Berlin Crisis
• Moscow wants division of Berlin to be permanent.
• JFK/Khrushchev talks fail
• JFK bulks up the military BIG TIME!
Berlin Crisis cont.• USSR responds
by building the Wall almost overnight.
• Crisis ends with the wall
• JFK/U.S. stand up to the Soviets
Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviets want nukes in Cuba b/c of Bay of Pigs Invasion
• US spy plane sees them
Cuban Missile Crisis cont.
• JFK can (1)negotiate, (2)invade, (3)blockade, or (4)bomb the sites
• JFK chooses to “quarantine” Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis cont.
• Soviets call back their ships
• Khrushchev sends 2 notes to JFK, JFK responds to both, one publicly, one privately
Results of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Hotline Established
• Limited test ban Treaty
• Kennedy and the Democrats look much tougher on Communism
Peace Corps
• Established by JFK to put educators, health workers and technicians in third world countries.
Kennedy Assassination• Kennedy was in
Dallas to bolster support among Texas Democrats.
• Newspapers published the parade route in advance, and many people lined the route
Kennedy Assassination
• Just after noon Kennedy was hit by and assassin’s bullet (s?)
• He was pronounced dead at 1:00pm
Kennedy Assassination
Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in at 2:35 while en route to DC with Jackie Kennedy and JFK’s body.
• The conspiracy theories about his death exist to this day.
• Most evidence has been sealed until the middle of this century.
• It could have been…
JFK MOVIE QUESTIONS1. What was the plan to get rid of Castro in Cuba?2. Which of JFK’s advisors was “first in and last out”?3. What was the biggest crisis of the Cold War?4. What did JFK’s military advisors want to do at the beginning of
the Cuban Missile Crisis?5. What characteristics did Kennedy show during the Cuban
Missile Crisis?6. What struggle had Kennedy avoided in his administration?7. Advisors told JFK sending a Civil Rights Act to congress would
be a political __________________?8. When was JFK pronounced dead?9. Who did Jackie Kennedy model her husband’s funeral after?10.On whom did JFK’s legacy settle?