1. JOHN F. KENNEDY (DEMOCRAT) VS. RICHARD NIXON (REPUBLICAN)
THE ELECTION OF 1960
JOHN F. KENNEDY
(DEMOCRAT)
VS.
RICHARD NIXON
(REPUBLICAN)
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2. PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1953-1961
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3. JOHN F. KENNEDY 1960 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
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4. RICHARD NIXON 1960 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
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MAJOR THEMES
JFK
AMERICA WAS ADRIFT
SOVIETS PASSING US
NIXON
U.S. STILL STRONGEST
EISENHOWER’S V.P.
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MAJOR ISSUES
AGE
JFK WAS 43
RELIGION
JFK WAS CATHOLIC
BOTH ANTI-COMMUNIST
BOTH PRO-CIVIL RIGHTS
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7. COMMUNIST CUBA TV DEBATES M.L. KING ARRESTED
MAJOR EVENTS
COMMUNIST CUBA
TV DEBATES
M.L. KING ARRESTED
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1960 ELECTION RESULTS
KENNEDY BARELY WINS
POPULAR VOTE
ELECTORAL VOTE
KEY STATES
ILLINOIS
TEXAS
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Presidential Candidate
Vice Presidential Candidate
Political Party
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
    
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic
34,220,984
49.72%
303
56.42%
Richard Nixon
Henry Lodge
Republican
34,108,157
49.55%
219
40.78%
Unpledged Electors -
286,359
0.42% 15
2.79%
Other (+)
216,982
0.32%
0.00
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10. POPULAR VOTE ELECTORAL VOTE
NIXON
JFK
JFK
NIXON
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JFK
NIXON
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12. IN 1960… OHIO (& IT’S 25 ELECTORS) VOTED FOR NIXON
JFK
IN 1960… OHIO (& IT’S 25 ELECTORS) VOTED FOR NIXON
NIXON
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13. UNIT 6 LIVING WITH GREAT TURMOIL (1960 – 1975)
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14. MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY
CHAPTER 20
“THE NEW FRONTIER”
(JOHN F.KENNEDY)
AND
“THE GREAT SOCIETY”
(LYNDON B.JOHNSON)
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15. JOHN F. KENNEDY & THE COLD WAR
CHAPTER 20 = SECTION 1
JOHN F. KENNEDY & THE COLD WAR
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JFK’S FOREIGN POLICY
MORE DEFENSE SPENDING
MORE GROUND FORCES
NUCLEAR STRATEGY
MASSIVE RETALIATION GONE
NOW “FLEXIBLE RESPONSE”
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17. COMMUNIST REVOLUTION 1956 – 1959 FIDEL CASTRO 10% FLEE TO U.S.A.
CRISES OVER CUBA
COMMUNIST REVOLUTION – 1959
FIDEL CASTRO
10% FLEE TO U.S.A.
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THE BAY OF PIGS
C.I.A. PLAN (OK’D BY IKE)
TRAIN EXILES
INVADE CUBA
OVERTHROW CASTRO
INVASION FAILED
APRIL 1961
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20. THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
SECRET MISSILE BASES
SUPPLIED BY SOVIETS
U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA
OCTOBER 1962
U.S. INVASION FORCE
BASED IN S. FLORIDA
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NUCLEAR WAR AVOIDED
THE U.S.S.R.
REMOVED NUKES
THE U.S. PROMISED
NO INVASION
“HOT LINE INSTALLED”
TEST BAN TREATY
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THE BERLIN CRISES
20% OF EAST GERMANS
MOVED TO WEST BERLIN
“THE BERLIN WALL”
AUGUST OF 1961
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24. MAH CH 20 = NEW FRONTIER & GREAT SOCIETY
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