JFK

JOHN F. KENNEDY Kennedy defeats Nixon Fraud in Illinois and Texas TV debates help Kennedy

The New Frontier Improve overall quality of American life

and reenergize American foreign policy

Fills Cabinet w/ fresh faces

Space program develops

Increased minimum wage, social security payments, & defense spending – up 20%

In 1960, the minimum wage was $1.00 an hour.

Here's what some basics cost in 1960:

New house; $11,700Average monthly rent: $88Gas: 22c a gallonNew car: $2,050Health insurance for family: $75 a monthhttp://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2012/04/04/Mi

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Civil Rights Issues Brother Bobby becomes Attorney

General

Black Rights Sit-ins in Greensboro Montgomery Bus Boycott Freedom Riders

Kennedy’s Foreign Affairs

Bay of Pigs Invasion Pro-Soviet Cuban leader Fidel Castro

takes over in 1959 CIA trained anti-Castro refugees prepare

for invasion of Cuba April 1961 – 1,500 invaders are

destroyed by Castro forces

COMPLETE DISASTER!!!

Berlin Wall Crisis – 1961 Khrushchev gives deadline of

December for U.S. to withdraw from West Berlin

JFK refuses and Khrushchev builds a wall so East Berliners cannot get into West Berlin

Cuban Missile Crisis – Oct 1962 U-2 spy planes reveal photos of nuclear

missiles in Cuba JFK decides to set up a naval quarantine

(blockade of Cuba to stop the flow of missile parts)

Soviet ships turn around at last minute to avoid confrontation

Soviets agree to remove missiles if U.S. pledges not to invade Turkey

U.S. secretly agrees to take out missiles in Turkey

Limited Test Ban Treaty No above ground or underwater nuclear

testing 100 countries sign it France & China do not

Hotline Established Direct phone line from D.C. to Moscow