1. The 1960s

2. Election of 1960

3. JFK JFK was a new sort of president Roman Catholic Young – just 43 Small children with a glamorous wife In many ways embraced his public image

4. “The New Frontier” JFK saw that Americans still embraced some of the New Deal legacy but at the same time did not want hand-outs “Ask not what...” Strident anti-communist Republican and Southern Democrat Congress

5. A Mixed Record Wanted and received a military increase (20%) Created and sponsored the Peace Corps Huge supporter of the Space Program. Wanted a man on the moon by 1970. However Fight poverty – fail Federal sponsorship of education - fail Health Care system for the elderly – fail Civil Rights – semi fail

6. Kennedy v. Russia Kennedy met with similar difficulties in his dealings with Russia His short presidency's foreign policy is highlighted with 3 events Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, & the Cuban Missile Crisis

7. The Bay of Pigs Invasion Communist Fidel Castro in Cuba Feared a Western Hemisphere alliance with the USSR Kennedy approved a plan where the CIA trained 1,500 anti-Castro exiles In April, 1961 the exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs Complete failure Kennedy kept trying – Operation Mongoose

8. The Berlin Wall After Nixon's failed summit, JFK met with Khrushchev in 1961 Became a bullying match. Mobilization People were fleeing East Berlin Berlin Wall constructed

9. Cuban Missile Crisis This is as close to nuclear war that the US has ever been 1962 U-2 spy planes showed that the USSR was deploying nuclear missiles to house in Cuba Feared that these missiles would be active in a few weeks US Jupiter missiles in Turkey Options? Complete embargo of Cuba Resolution & “Hotline”

10. The Kennedy Assassination Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas Shots from the Book Depository, killing JFK and injuring TX Gov. John Connally A few hours later Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested Oswald was then killed by Jack Ruby. Mob ties Warren Commission

11. Lyndon Johnson Takes Over From Texas, public university US Senator in a highly debated and contested election Not flashy, but a very good politician Was immediately up for presidential election and won the 1964 ballot in a landslide Despite the large victory in the election a political change occurred in the Rep. Party. The white middle-class South was shifting to the Republican Party

12. “The Great Society” LBJ sponsored New Deal type programs under his label “The Great Society” War on Poverty – Government programs such as Head Start, food stamps, and preschools Medicare – Federal assistance to the elderly for emergency care and doctor fees Medicaid – Medical coverage to welfare recipients Immigration Act – removed immigration quotas

13. Reaction to Vietnam & the 60s Counterculture The more radical youth movements of the 60s came out of the failures in Civil Rights, Women's Movements, and the Vietnam War Hippie Culture – long hair, jeans, sexual freedom (after the rise of contraception), anti-consumerism, exploratory music, & illegal drugs Was it a revolution or just being young and free? A bit of both?

14. The Election of 1968 LBJ announces he will not seek a second term Dems. split into 4 groups- Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, Robert Kennedy, and George Wallace Robert Kennedy might have won the nomination for the Dems but was assassinated in June, 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan Nixon for the Republicans Humphrey got the Dem nomination and Wallace went Independent

15. Results of 1968 Election

16. By the End of the Decade

17. One Month Later