1. JFK
Lecture 4

2. Standard
Essential Question: Explain the significant events of Kennedy’s presidency and how they impact the world today.

3. Kennedy V. Nixon John F. Kennedy (43) Richard Nixon (47)
young senator from Massachusetts
WWII navy veteran
Richard Nixon (47)
young senator from California
former vice president

5. Camelot Kennedy Mystique JFK Jackie Advisers
Administration was called Camelot

7. “Ask not what your country can do for you…”
The New Frontier
The New Frontier, 1961
Kennedy’s domestic program
medical care for seniors
more educational opportunities
government help to stop recession
1st Peace Time Deficit
integration and equality
Equal Pay Act 1963
“Ask not what your country can do for you…”

9. The New Frontier Space Race at first, the USSR was ahead
JFK promised to put a man on the moon by 1970
Project Mercury, 1959 – 1963
manned spaceflight
Project Gemini, 1965 – 1966
rendezvous and docking
Project Apollo, 1961 – 1975
moonlanding
in 1975, the US and USSR began to work together

11. Peace Corps The Peace Corps, 1961
Americans lived in over 70 underdeveloped to share their knowledge
education
medicine and hygiene
agriculture
changed America’s image to the world

12. Fidel Castro Alliance for Progress Fidel Castro
US gave aid to S. America
Feared Communism
Fidel Castro
led communist revolution in Cuba in 1959
ruler from
denounced US as evil capitalist empire
took US assets in Cuba
ally to Khrushchev (USSR)
Trade Embargo on Cuba

13. Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs, 1961
1,500 anti-Castro fugitives armed and trained by the CIA to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
US did not give direct aid in order to avoid war
Further poisoned US-Cuban relations
three of JFK’s advisors resigned
Castro’s influence was even greater

14. The Cuban Missile Crisis
Castro tried to install soviet ABMs in Cuba
Kennedy ordered a naval blockade and demanded removal of weapons after satellite photos showed activity
Khrushchev sent ships to break through the blockade
Stalemate = 2 Weeks
Swapped Cuba for Turkey

16. "We are eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked.“
—Sec. of State Dean Rusk

17. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
USSR and US ended atmospheric nuclear testing
“peaceful co-existence”

18. Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall, 1961
built by communists to stop flow of skilled workers from East Berlin
it stood until 1990
Khrushchev demanded the USSR be given all of Berlin
JFK increased American troops in Berlin
“Ich bin ein berliner.”

19. Kennedy’s Assassination
Dallas, Texas
November 1963
LBJ sworn in on Air Force One
Lee Harvey Oswald
Shot JFK
Shot by Jack Ruby 2 days after being arrested
Died in prison a year later
Earl Warren led Investigation
Concluded he acted alone

22. Study Guide
Questions 26-34