The Kennedy and Johnson Years

John F. Kennedy Sections 1&3

The Election of 1960 Republican = Richard Nixon. Democrat = John F. Kennedy First time Presidential debates were televised. What were the main differences between Kennedy and Nixon? Why was television significant?

Nixon vs. Kennedy

The Breakdown

Kennedy's "New Frontier" Economy Improve Wages Department of Housing and Urban Affairs Unemployment Medical Women's Rights and Civil Rights "Flexible Response" for Defense

Kennedy's Enduring Legacy: The Peace Corps Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained workers. Helping to promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all Americans.

Peace Corps

Bay of Pigs April 17th, 1961 CIA trained 1,400 Cuban exiles Cubans did not rise up in support of exiles Castro personally led defense of the island 1,189 captured and 100 killed United States paid millions in food and medicine for their release

Cuban Missile Crisis

Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States were at a high. USSR building missile sites in Cuba. Kennedy orders a "quarantine" to be created around Cuba. Why not a blockade? Khrushchev will eventually send Kennedy a message asking the following: remove missiles from Turkey, end of the quarantine, and to stay out of Cuba. In exchange, Khrushchev would remove the missiles from Cuba. Led to the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

Assassination of Kennedy