1. Camelot & The Great Society
JFK & LBJ
Camelot & The Great Society

2. Kennedy

3. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
1960 – Kennedy, wealthy Massachusetts senator VS. Nixon, former Vice President
After televised debate JFK wins the election by 1% POINT!
TV wins the election for Kennedy
JFK
First Catholic, Democrat 43
Comes from old money
Married to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy – seen as elegant, classic
Young children; optimistic time CAMELOT

6. Jack & bobby

7. Having fun in the white house

8. Having fun in the white house

9. Having fun in the white house

10. Having fun in the white house

11. Jack & Jackie

12. JACK & JACKIE

13. JACK & JACKIE

14. THE KENNEDY CLAN

15. THE NEW FRONTIER
Promises to boost economy, even though in 1960, U.S. is doing very well
Promises to win the Cold War against USSR! – huge military spending
NEW FRONTIER – HELP THE POOR, UNDERPRIVILEDGED AND MINORITES
Space Race endorsed – JFK wants man on moon within decade of election
Establishes the Peace Corps
Flexible Response – buildup of conventional weapons, not all nukes – some ICBMs
Poor
1/5 of Americans in 1961
Passes Housing Act; outlaws poll tax in the South

16. THE TRIALS OF JFK Flexible Responses
BAY OF PIGS
Cuba falls to communism in late 1950s
April 17, 1961 – invasion on North Cuban coast to try and overthrow Castro/Communism
CIA had trained anti-Castro supporters in secret Guerilla camps
Kennedy refuses to back up invasion with air power, and invaders are tortured and killed
Destroyed credibility with rest of Latin America
Castro reins supreme and makes pact with USSR!

17. THE TRIALS OF JFK…CONTINUED
Berlin Wall
Kennedy and Khrushchev peace talks go horribly wrong
JFK asks for military upgrades from Congress
3 BILLION for defense
Increases draft
200 million bomb shelters installed in US
Soviets/Nikita Khrushchev build Berlin Wall in response, combined with leaving work force

18. THE BERLIN WALL

19. THE BERLIN WALL

20. THE TRIALS OF JFK…CONTINUED
Cuban Missile Crisis
U2 spy plane discovers missile sites being built in Cuba…90 miles from the coast of Florida
Bobby Kennedy, Attorney General, orders air strike, but JFK hesitates
October 22, 1962 – JFK tells public
Duck and cover drills
Bomb shelters increase

24. JFK ADDRESSES THE NATION

25. THE TRIALS OF JFK…CONTINUED
JFK orders blockade
JFK orders ships to turn around by certain time, or go to war
Russian ships turn around at last minute
Kennedy and Khrushchev make pact – promises no further invasion attempts on Cuba
BIG secret: JFK promises to remove missiles from Turkey, pointed at USSR
Some Americans see Kennedy as soft on Communism – SECRET ENEMIES BORN

26. THE END OF CAMELOT
Prior to Dallas trip, Kennedy loses some popularity for civil rights, communistic, and war reasons
Dallas, TX – November 22, 1963
Shot in motorcade
Conspiracy – mafia, Cubans, another government??
Oswald accused, and then shot by Jack Ruby
Warren Commission put together – rules Oswald as lone assassin
Later, conspiracy is accepted, but still remains mystery

27. Landing in DALLAS
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28. LBJ TAKES OFFICE
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31. THE SHOCKED NATION

32. OSWALD & RUBY
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33. JOHNSON

34. LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
‘Great Society’ programs meant to improve education, lower poverty, civil rights legislation…GREAT economy of 1950s and early 1960s supported funding
Problem, involvement in Vietnam escalates
Congress was not as supportive with LBJ as with JFK because they felt it might cost them their seats
Some say Great Society gives government too much authority and spends too much money

35. Lyndon Baines Johnson…Continued
LBJ Achievements: War on Poverty
Cuts government spending, reduces taxes, reduces unemployment
VISTA – volunteers for poor neighborhoods
Head Start – for children and school
Medicare and Medicaid improve – health care major focus
Civil Rights legislation
Office of Economic Opportunity
Job Corps – helps find jobs

36. Lyndon Baines Johnson…Continued
HUD – low income housing established
Water and Air Conservation
Warren Courts – protect rights of accused
Miranda v. Arizona “Miranda rights”
Gideon v. Wainwright right to an attorney
Federal Aid to Public Schools, especially in South
Immigration Act – increases number of people allowed with preferences to refugees AND those in danger of genocide
Alliance for Progress – aid to Latin American governments
Americans begin to complain there is too much money being spent on the poor and minorities, but LBJ is seen as defender of democracy…for now

37. A SIGN OF WHAT’S TO COME…

38. A SIGN OF WHAT’S TO COME…

39. A SIGN OF WHAT’S TO COME…