Kennedy’s Thousand Days Chapter 27 Section (1 &) 2 The New Frontier & the Great Society Riddlebarger
The Great Debates Legacy of this debate? http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/kennedy-nixon-debates Legacy of this debate?
Kennedy Becomes President Contrasting candidates JFK Nixon
New Frontier “New Frontier” campaign falling behind Soviets? poor left behind? Nixon-IKE Catholic effect Election
1960 Election Results Harry Byrd wasn’t even on the ballot; Southern problem for JFK Electoral: JFK: 303 Nixon: 219 Byrd: 15 *less than 120,000 popular votes separate the candidates out of 69 million
Kennedy’s New Frontier: Image & Reality Use of media Reality Family; wife role Politically Successes Failures
Space Program symbolize New Frontier April 1961 John Glenn Soviet claims
Kennedy’s Response US will put a man on the moon “This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single project …will be more impressi 0.ve to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space…But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon…it will be an entire nation.” - May 25, 1961 Kennedy’s Response US will put a man on the moon Funding for unmanned space exploration
The Warren Court Supreme Court rulings impact Earl Warren individual rights & freedoms:
The Kennedy Assassination Upcoming election build Southern support, open motorcade.
Zapruder Film
Aftermath fatally wounded LBJ Impact Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Ruby
“The legacy of hope died with him “The legacy of hope died with him. You never had that same sense again that we were moving forward.” Helen Thomas: White House Press Correspondent
Warren Report Investigation lasting legacy Finding lasting legacy Funeral relations with Soviets; Peace Corps A program that trained and sent volunteers to poor nations to serve as educators, health care workers, agricultural advisors and other jobs. LBJ