1. Chapter 30 Section 2 The Kennedy White House

2. Kennedy Charisma  Harvard Grad  Published 2 books  Profiles in Courage  Won Pulitzer Prize  Addison’s Disease  Sports  Football, sailing, swimming  1 st family  Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy  Khrushchev  “I’d like to shake her hand first”  Appreciation for fine arts  Unofficial Minister of Culture  Two Children  Caroline  John Jr.

4. Effects on Youth  Campaign  Young Americans  Rally’s  Peace Corps  Donna Shalala  Secretary of Health and Human Services  Clinton  Peace Corps  2 years  Iran – Mud Hut  Teaching English  Expectations  “Everyone laughed, but it worked”

5. Kennedy’s Advisors  Government  Solutions  National and Global Problems  Cabinet  Average age 47  Decade younger than Eisenhower’s  Inaugural Address  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmiOEk59n8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmiOEk59n8  Best and Brightest  “There’s nothing like brains. You can’t beat brains”  Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara – Harvard  Secretary of State, Dead Rusk – Rhodes Scholar  Attorney General, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy – law  “I need someone I know to talk to in this government”

6. The Domestic Frontier  New Frontier  Economy  Secretary of Treasury  C. Douglas Dillon  Republican  Eisenhower Administration  Rising unemployment and inflation  Wage and price controls  Fewer raises to keep prices down  US Steel  Roger Blough  Raised prices despite workers agreement  Kennedy  Speech  Cancelling government contracts  No increase after all

7. Kennedy and Congress  Congress  Republicans  Southern Democrats  Block legislation  Tax Cut  Stimulate economic growth  At 1 st rejected  Contradicts inaugural message  Sharp drop in stock market  Kennedy  Asks Congress to reduce taxes  Would reduce taxes by $10 billion  Failed to pass – along with assistance to older Americans in paying medical bills and federal aid for education

8. Helping the Disadvantaged  JFK  Ranks high  Wealthiest Presidents  1962  2.5 Million  Donated  100,000 salary to charities  Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)  Financial assistance to economically distressed regions  Vetoed by Eisenhower  Signed by Kennedy in May 1961

9. Helping Disadvantaged Continued  Michael Harrington  The Other America  Documented study of poverty in U.S.  Racism  Keeping in poverty  Inspires Kennedy  Begin work  Antipoverty programs  Part of campaign for 1964

10. Tragedy in Dallas  Building support for reelection  November 1963  Texas  November 22, 1963  Kennedy  Open-car motorcade  12:30 P.M.  Shots rang out  Kennedy slumps over  Fatally wounded  Within hours  Johnson sworn in as President  Millions watched  Funeral on TV

12. Kennedy Assassination  Lee Harvey Oswald  Arrested within hours  U.S. Marine  2 days later  Being moved  Shot to death  Nightclub owner Jack Ruby  Suspicious  Johnson  Names Commission  Headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren  Warren Commission  10 months reviewing evidence  Oswald and Ruby acted alone

13. Kennedy’s Resting Place  Conspiracy  American’s curious  Doubt Warren Commission  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0eLEWrBDMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0eLEWrBDMA  Laid to Rest  Arlington  Eternal Flame