1. 1960s Politics

2. POLITICS Richard M. Nixon-VP 8 years Running against John F. Kennedy Factors working against the Republicans— Sputnik and poverty

3. TV Debate 2/3 of all Americans had a TV by 1960 ***video clip*** TV viewers---JFK won Radio listeners---Nixon won

4. The Kennedy’s

7. The Kennedy

8. The Kennedy’s

9. Camelot ***Jackie’s white house tour clip*** ***Kennedy on integration*** ***Kennedy on his religion***

10. Background Joe’s obsession Joe Jr’s death Best selling book Great speaker—New Frontier

11. Kennedy’s Policy ***Ask Not Speech*** 1 st president born in the 20 th Century Maintained the Cold War Chronic weak back

12. Kennedy’s Policy Equal Employment Opportunity against discrimination Manpower Development and Training Act 24 th amendment—abolished the poll tax Peace Corp Green Berets

13. Bay of Pigs Invasion Attempted overthrow of Castro by the CIA Trained Cuban refugees and planned an invasion Castro knew about it and was waiting on them ***video clip***

14. Berlin Crisis of 1961 Khrushchev interpreted the Bay of Pigs as a sign of weakness Soviet Union threatens to sign a treaty with East Berlin to give East Germany control over Berlin Western Nations would no longer have free access to Berlin

16. Berlin Crisis of 1961 August of 1961— very quickly built the Berlin Wall to stop the flow of refugees to West Berlin 6 week period— 46,500 people fled East Berlin Physical symbol of the Cold War

17. Cuban Missile Crisis

18. 1962—The Soviet Union began to place IRBM’s in Cuba Bobby suggested a naval “quarantine” instead of a naval blockade of Cuba ***tv address*** Military was on full status alert 2 and ½ weeks the world was on the “brink” of war Russian ships were stopped right outside the quarantine

19. Cuban Missile Crisis 5 days into the crisis, Khrushchev offered to remove the missiles if the US promised not to invade Cuba

20. Cuban Missile Crisis The US ignored the note and Soviet ships began to move closer Khrushchev sent a 2 nd letter demanding the US remove their missiles in Turkey U2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Cuba Bobby urged JFK to address the first note and accept it. Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles

21. Cuban Missile Crisis Brinkmanship—standing on the edge of a nuclear war at all times

22. Foreign Policy--Other JFK sent 500 Green Berets into Vietnam as advisors

23. Assassination of JFK JFK and Jackie were visiting Dallas riding in a car with the Texas Governor and his wife (Gov. Connally was wounded but survived) November 22 nd, 1963 Arrested Lee Harvey Oswald Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby