John F. Kennedy

1961

Kennedy Family“American Royalty”

Biography

• Born May 29, 1917• Irish-Catholic• Addison’s Disease• WWII Hero

Marries: Jacqueline Bouvier

Children: Arabella, Caroline, John Jr., Patrick

Early Political Life

• Representative (MA) 1947 – 1952

• Senator (MA) 1953-1960

• Writes a book Profiles in

Courage.

JFK with JacquelineJFK with Jacqueline

Election of 1960

• Possible Obstacles– Youth– Religion– Family– Southern

Democrats

19601st Televised Debate

Kennedy vs. Nixon

http://www.history.com/videos/the-first-jfk-nixon-debate#the-first-jfk-nixon-debate

Electoral Map – 1960 Presidential Election

President Kennedy“The New Frontier”

Domestic Policy

• Civil Rights• Education• Health Care• Poverty

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”

Kennedy’s Foreign PolicyKennedy’s Foreign Policy

• Space Program

• Bay of Pigs– Cuba– Leader: Fidel

Castro– Allies with the

Soviets

• http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078745232&VIDEO=2798&CHAPTER=17&MODE=2

Bay of Pigs – April 1961

• Central Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)Agency (CIA)

• Anti-Castro refugees Anti-Castro refugees defeateddefeated

• JFK humiliatedJFK humiliated

Kennedy’s Foreign PolicyKennedy’s Foreign Policy

• Berlin Crisis– June, 1961– Berlin Wall built

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Test Ban Treaty• Southeast Asia

Khrushchev vs. JFK