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John F. Kennedy 1960-1963
Election of 1960
Election of 1960
Kennedy v. Nixon
-first televised debates
-young, charismatic,
wealthy, Catholic
-Kennedy was coached by a television
adviser where as Nixon, although experienced, didn't speak as well and had a cold
-Won by fewer than 119,000 votes
The Debate
Impact
"That night, image replaced the printed word as the natural language of politics"-Russell Baker
*How important is the Presidential candidate's image today? What role does TV and video have in elections?
Camelot
-Had over celebrities and artists, held the image of a fashionable wife and modern young family (Princess Kate)
-Known for infidelities, especially Marilyn Monroe
Camelot
-"Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country"
Family Man
Wife and Mistresses
New Frontier
1.
Kennedy surrounded himself with best/brightest. Relied heavily on his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy
2.
New Frontier
-Gave NASA the challenge of going to the moon within the decade.
- July 1969 Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
3.
-We were in a recession
-Equal Pay Act-required equal wages for "equal work"
-Used Deficit Spending increasing the budget for the military, unemployment insurance, assistance to cities w/ high unemployment and increasing minimum wage to $1.25/hr
4.
-Passive on civil rights issues because he was dealing with Cold War problems abroad.
-1963 Civil Rights Bill-Prosecution for voting-rights violations and federal money to aid school desegregation
Peace Corps
Peace Corps
program to volunteer assistance to developing nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America (Using mostly college age citizens)
Alliance for Progress
Alliance for Progress
economic and technical assistance to Latin America
Opinion
Do you think Kennedy was a good president?
Think domestically and with regards to foreign policy (Cold War: Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall)
Tragedy
Nov, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Kennedy from the Book Depository
-Oswald was an ex-Marine, lived briefly in the SU, physically abused his wife, supported Castro
-Oswald was killed while being transported to a different jail by Jack Ruby
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Took office in Presidential plane next to Jackie Kennedy
Warren Commission
Warren Commission
Some thought the event was as conspiracy so the investigated and concluded that Oswald acted on his own. Over 10 years later they investigated again and said that he was part of a conspiracy and that two people may have fired.