The Kennedy Years
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The Kennedy YearsThe Kennedy YearsHow does America change during
“Camelot”?
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The Television Election
• 1960 election: VP Richard Nixon vs. Sen. John F. Kennedy (issues: Nixon experienced vs JFK not experienced & Catholic)
• First debate, radio listeners think Nixon won, TV viewers say Kennedy won
• Kennedy defeats Nixon in nation’s closest election
• Eisenhower warns US public of power of military-industrial complex
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1960
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The Camelot Years
• First family captivate the nation, modern day Camelot (royalty)
• Kennedy surrounds himself bright-minded cabinet but relies most on his brother Bobby who is Attorney General
• Kennedy inauguration “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for you country”
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The New Frontier• Domestically, JFK wants to stimulate stagnant economy
• Gets Congress to lower taxes + hike min. wage = low unemployment
Peace Corps
• JFK starts volunteer program, young people sign up & travel to Asia, Africa, Lat. America to assist people
Race to the Moon
• After Soviets put first man into space, JFK challenges the nation saying we need to put a man on the moon by end of 60s
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Bay of Pigs InvasionBay of Pigs Invasion• Communist Fidel Castro takes over Cuba, JFK okays an Eisenhower
Admin planned invasion of Cuba (CIA trains Cuban exiles)
• Bay of Pigs invasion fails. JFK won’t use US military to help
• Cuba asks Soviets for defensive help
• JFK demands all missiles be removed. US begins to blockade Cuba
• However, JFK and Khrushchev cut a deal to avoid a nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
• Soviets offer nuclear missiles in Cuba, U2 spy planes photograph sites
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1. Describe people, object and actions taking place in the cartoon.
2. Explain the
symbols in the cartoon.
3. Explain the
message of the cartoon.
Cuban Missile Crisis Political Cartoon
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Flexible Response• JFK dumps MAD policy in favor of Flexible Response (US will
use different responses to communists threats not just nuclear)
Berlin Wall• Khrushchev tells E. Germans to build a wall to stop defections
• JFK sees wall as Soviets isolating W. Berlin, says we won’t let Communists knock us out of Berlin
• Showdown between two leaders leads to estb. of “Hot Line”
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Kennedy & Civil Rights•1960: MLK & 33 others “sit-in” at Atlanta lunch counter, King gets 1 month hard labor, JFK asks Bobby to get judge to release MLK•1962: James Meredith wants to enroll at Ole Miss. Gov Ross Barnett refuses to let him register•JFK sends in federal troops to allow Meredith into school
•1963: JFK sends in federal troops to force Alabama Gov George Wallace to desegregate schools•1963: JFK gives speech urging Congress to pass Civil Rights Act
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More “Advisors” in Vietnam• Southern communists form Vietcong who will use guerilla warfare to
fight Diem govt & US advisors
• North Vietnam begins aiding Vietcong thru a network of secret paths called the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
• JFK sends more advisors to SV but Diem’s popularity is plummeting
• Monks protest Diem’s govt, Americans can’t believe their eyes
• JFK authorizes CIA sponsored coup against Diem, Diem killed in Coup – Kennedy expressing doubts about US role in Vietnam
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Tragedy in Dallas• Nov 22nd, 1963: JFK campaigning for reelection in Dallas, TX
• After passing the Texas School Book Depository, shots are fired
• Police charge a man named Lee Harvey Oswald with the crime
• Oswald claims he is a “patsy”. Next AM Oswald is shot a man w/ mafia connections named Jack Ruby
• Lots of questions about assassination – many say they heard shots from grassy knoll in front of motorcade (JFK head goes back & to left)
• Warren Commission concludes Oswald acted alone
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