1. JFK and LBJ

2. 1960 Election Nixon v. Kennedy Significance: John F. Kennedy won
First televised presidential debate
One of the closest races in history
John F. Kennedy won
Televised debate showed Nixon looking very uncomfortable
Helped JFK’s victory

5. Camelot Years
“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
Youthful, glamorous First Family
Popular with media
Magazine photo spreads
Fashion trends set by Jackie
Reminded many of the mythical Camelot

6. “The New Frontier is here whether we seek it or not.
Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus. It would be easier to shrink from that new frontier, to look to the safe mediocrity of the past, to be lulled by good intentions and high rhetoric -- and those who prefer that course should not vote for me or the Democratic Party.
But I believe that the times require imagination and courage and perseverance. I'm asking each of you to be pioneers towards that New Frontier. My call is to the young in heart, regardless of age -- to the stout in spirit, regardless of Party, to all who respond to the scriptural call: "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be [thou] dismayed.“”

7. New Frontier Kennedy’s domestic agenda Increase education aid
Health insurance for the elderly
Help inner city

8. Peace Corps
Organization that sends Americans to provide humanitarian services to less-developed nations
Volunteers served as teachers, agricultural advisers, health aides and other services

10. Berlin Wall
Khrushchev wanted to stop East Berliners from going to West Berlin
Khrushchev demanded that US, GB, and France leave West Berlin
Kennedy reaffirmed commitment to help West Berlin
Khrushchev responded by building the Berlin Wall

12. Space Race
Began when the Soviets launched the Satellite Sputnik in 1957
Americans were terrified and thought we were behind the Soviets in technological advancements
In 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
JFK saw this as a challenge & proposed that we would be the first to go to the Moon

13. Space Race
Established NASA to construct launch facilities in Cape Canaveral, Florida and a mission control center in Houston
7 years later on July 20, 1969, the US put the first man on the moon – Neil Armstrong. “One small Step for Man. One giant Leap for Mankind.”

14. Kennedy Assassination
When? Nov. 22, 1963
Where? Dallas, Texas
What? Lee Harvey Oswald accused of assassinating the president from the Texas Schoolbook Depository
Jack Ruby killed Oswald while in custody 2 days later
Led to numerous conspiracy theories
Warren Commission (Earl Warren) looked into assassination
Outcome: Oswald acted alone
Conspiracy theories still around today

17. Lyndon Johnson becomes President – sworn in on Air Force One

18. War on Poverty
Knew that JFK had a plan to improve Poverty & Civil Rights
Created many new programs directed at inner city youth
Upward bound – tutoring
VISTA – Peace Corps for America
Neighborhood Youth Corps – work-study for underprivileged youth

20. VS.
Barry Goldwater

21. Election of 1964
Lyndon Johnson easily won the election in 1964

22. Great Society Programs for disadvantaged Americans
Medicare – health insurance for the elderly
Medicaid – health insurance for those living below the poverty line

24. Suffrage & Civil Rights Timeline
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Ended discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, nationality, religion, & sex

25. Suffrage & Civil Rights Timeline
Voting Rights Act (1965): Prohibits states from adding special procedures to vote with the intent of denying someone the right to vote on the basis of race or color
Congress intended to outlaw the practice of otherwise qualified voters to pass literacy tests

27. Baker v Carr and Reynolds v Sims
‘One man, one vote’
Required states to redraw congressional districts so they represented equal number of people