JOHN F. KENNEDY (DEMOCRAT) VS. RICHARD NIXON (REPUBLICAN) THE ELECTION OF 1960 JOHN F. KENNEDY (DEMOCRAT) VS. RICHARD NIXON (REPUBLICAN) 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1953-1961 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

JOHN F. KENNEDY 1960 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

RICHARD NIXON 1960 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY MAJOR THEMES JFK AMERICA WAS ADRIFT SOVIETS PASSING US NIXON U.S. STILL STRONGEST EISENHOWER’S V.P. 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY MAJOR ISSUES AGE JFK WAS 43 RELIGION JFK WAS CATHOLIC BOTH ANTI-COMMUNIST BOTH PRO-CIVIL RIGHTS 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

COMMUNIST CUBA TV DEBATES M.L. KING ARRESTED MAJOR EVENTS COMMUNIST CUBA TV DEBATES M.L. KING ARRESTED 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY 1960 ELECTION RESULTS KENNEDY BARELY WINS POPULAR VOTE ELECTORAL VOTE KEY STATES ILLINOIS TEXAS 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote      John Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Democratic 34,220,984 49.72% 303 56.42% Richard Nixon Henry Lodge Republican 34,108,157 49.55% 219 40.78% Unpledged Electors - 286,359 0.42% 15 2.79% Other (+) 216,982 0.32% 0.00 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

POPULAR VOTE ELECTORAL VOTE NIXON JFK JFK NIXON 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY JFK NIXON 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

IN 1960… OHIO (& IT’S 25 ELECTORS) VOTED FOR NIXON JFK IN 1960… OHIO (& IT’S 25 ELECTORS) VOTED FOR NIXON NIXON 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

UNIT 6 LIVING WITH GREAT TURMOIL (1960 – 1975) 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY CHAPTER 20 “THE NEW FRONTIER” (JOHN F.KENNEDY) AND “THE GREAT SOCIETY” (LYNDON B.JOHNSON) 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

JOHN F. KENNEDY & THE COLD WAR CHAPTER 20 = SECTION 1 JOHN F. KENNEDY & THE COLD WAR 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY JFK’S FOREIGN POLICY MORE DEFENSE SPENDING MORE GROUND FORCES NUCLEAR STRATEGY MASSIVE RETALIATION GONE NOW “FLEXIBLE RESPONSE” 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

COMMUNIST REVOLUTION 1956 – 1959 FIDEL CASTRO 10% FLEE TO U.S.A. CRISES OVER CUBA COMMUNIST REVOLUTION 1956 – 1959 FIDEL CASTRO 10% FLEE TO U.S.A. 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY THE BAY OF PIGS C.I.A. PLAN (OK’D BY IKE) TRAIN EXILES INVADE CUBA OVERTHROW CASTRO INVASION FAILED APRIL 1961 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS SECRET MISSILE BASES SUPPLIED BY SOVIETS U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA OCTOBER 1962 U.S. INVASION FORCE BASED IN S. FLORIDA 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

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MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY NUCLEAR WAR AVOIDED THE U.S.S.R. REMOVED NUKES THE U.S. PROMISED NO INVASION “HOT LINE INSTALLED” TEST BAN TREATY 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY THE BERLIN CRISES 20% OF EAST GERMANS MOVED TO WEST BERLIN “THE BERLIN WALL” AUGUST OF 1961 9/22/2018 MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY

MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY 9/22/2018