2. THE NEW FRONTIER AT HOME  1960 ELECTION KENNEDY VS. NIXON AL SMITH  JFK – ROMAN CATHOLIC - REMEMBER AL SMITH 1928 ELECTION  DEMOCRAT  IRISH  WWII WAR HERO PT109  SENATOR WITHOUT DISTINCTION  SON OF JOE KENNEDY  TV DEBATES – IMPACT OF THE MEDIA, CHARISMA, LOOKS…. VIDEO

3. MAJOR ISSUE IN ELECTION – MISSILE GAP, THE RUSSIAN THREAT ELECTION OF 1960 – IMPROPRIETIES (CORRUPTION) PAY OFFS ELECTION WAS CLOSE – JFK YOUNGEST TO EVER BE ELECTED BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND FAMILY ( CAMELOT ) MANDATE NO MANDATE – CONGRESS OPPOSED HIM DISTINGUISHED LBJ – THE VEEP, MORE DISTINGUISHED IN CONGRESS

4. CIVIL RIGHTS – JFK DID NOT WANT TO ANTAGONIZE SOUTHERN POLITICIANS ATTORNEY GENERAL – HIS BROTHER ROBERT KENNEDY ENFORCE LAWS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS CIVIL RIGHTS – MOVEMENT 1960 – “SIT-INS” LUNCH COUNTERS 1961 – FREEDOM RIDES WHITE BUSES AND ALL WHITE BUS TERMINALS 1962 – JAMES MEREDITH AFRICAN AMERICAN, VETERAN, REFUSED ADMISSION BY UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, JFK SENDS U.S. MARSHALS TO ENFORCE THE INTEGRATION

6. BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA – PROTESTERS DOGS, CATTLE PRODS, FIRE HOSES, BILLY CLUBS - IMPACT OF TV / U.S. LIVING ROOM ON EVENING NEWS PROGRAMS - SYMPATHY GAINED 1963 – M.L.KING JR. AND THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH END SEGREGATION RACIAL INTOLERANCE

7. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

9. THE NEW FRONTIER AND THE COLD WAR PROGRAMS TO STOP COMMUNISM PEACE CORPS ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS – LATIN AMERICA FLEXIBLE RESPONSE FLEXIBLE RESPONSE – BETTER THAN RETREAT OR INCINERATION BRUSH FIRE BRUSH FIRE OR LIMITED WARS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS / TROOPS CASTRO MAJOR FAILURE – CIA SPONSORED “ BAY OF PIGS ” DISASTER, ATTEMPTED OVERTHROW OF CASTRO

10. BERLIN WALL BERLIN WALL 1961 – CUBAN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 1962 TO THE BRINK OF WAR- U.S. BLOCKADE OF ISLAND THE RUSSIANS BACKED DOWN ARMS RACE ON BOTH SIDES NASA – SPACE PROGRAM MAN ON THE MOON BY 1970 ASSASSINATION OF JFK NOV. 22 1963 BY L. H. OSWALD….OSWALD THEN KILLED BY J. RUBY WARREN COMMISSION LBJ LBJ – VEEP NOW PRESIDENT

11. NOV. 24 TH 1963 OSWALD BEING SHOT BY JACK RUBY

12. LBJ TAKES THE HELM LBJ VERY POWERFUL BUT NOT AS POPULAR AS…. KENNEDY LBJ USED STRONG ARM TACTICS TO ATTAIN GOALS POST KENNEDY – CONGRESS WILL GIVE LBJ JUST ABOUT ANYTHING…. WHY? RESPECT FOR THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT WAS THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY…

13. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 – END TO JIM CROW LAWS IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND EMPLOYMENT (RACE, RELIGION, OR GENDER) SUPREME COURT CASE “HEART OF ATLANTA” ELECTION OF 1964 – LIBERAL V CONSERVATIVE JOHNSON V GOLDWATER ATOMIC WARFARE FEAR OF ATOMIC WARFARE JOHNSON CRUSHES GOLDWATER SOME THOUGHT THIS WAS THE END OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

14. GREAT SOCIETY – NAME OF HIS ADMINISTRATION  MEDICARE  AIR AND WATER CONCERNS  ATTACKS POLLUTION  BUILDS PARKS  FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CABINET MEMBER ROBERT WEAVER DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT  CONSUMER PROTECTION RALPH NADER“UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED” RALPH NADER – “UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED”

15. WAR ON POVERTY – STATE OF THE UNION 1965  HEAD START – PRESCHOOLERS  YOUTH CORPS  JOB CORPS TRAINING, COUNSELING, WORK INTERVENTION – 1965 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COMMUNISM FEAR OF ANOTHER CUBA ….COMMUNISM

17. MORE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 OUTLAWED LITERACY TESTS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS FEMININE MYSTIQUE FEMALE RIGHTS – BETTY FRIDAN “FEMININE MYSTIQUE” N O W ….NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (LEGAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL RIGHTS) WARREN COURT – GIDEON MIRANDA ENGLE BAKER