1. How is JFK remembered?

2. EQ: To what extent did JFK’s image outshine the reality?

3. The Image

4. Election 1960 Dem. JFK (49.7%, 303) Rep. Nixon (49.6%, 219)

5. Televised debates

6. Wife Jacqueline

10. Camelot “There’ll be great presidents again… but there’ll never be another Camelot." – Jackie Kennedy “I felt as though I were inside a golden coach drawn by four pure-bred white horses into the glitter of mythic Camelot.“ – Isaac Stern on meeting JFK

11. Assassination Nov. 22, 1963 Dallas, TX Lee Harvey Oswald Warren Commission

14. The Reality

15. Domestic policy…

16. “New Frontier” “We stand on the edge of a New Frontier…Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.”

17. New Frontier plans Expanded Expanded govt role: – Unemployment benefits – $ to education – Expansion of healthcare services – Civil rights leg. – Urban renewal Tax cut Inability to win support from (D) Congress – Small victories ex. moderate increase to min. wage Many aspects passed by LBJ

18. Civil Rights address – June 11, 1963

19. Civil Rights 1960 campaign Little action until forced – 1962 James Meredith – 1963 University of Alabama Introduced legislation late in presidency

20. Opposition from big business 1962 steel crisis JFK forced rollback of price increases

21. Increased spending on defense and space exploration “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” – JFK, May 25, 1961  July 16, 1969 moon landing

22. International Organizations Peace Corps (1961) Alliance for Progress “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”

23. Foreign policy…

24. “Flexible response” to combat communism Sec. Defense Robert McNamara Increased spending on conventional arms & mobile military units Aid & “advisers” sent to South Vietnam – By 1963 16,000+ troops

25. Bay of PigsBay of Pigs 1961 CIA plot to use Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro Big failure.

26. Berlin Wall 1961 - 1989

27. West Berlin Speech – June 26, 1963 “Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us. I want to say, on behalf of my countrymen…that they take the greatest pride that they have been able to share with you, even from a distance, the story of the last 18 years. I know of no town, no city, that has been besieged for 18 years that still lives with the vitality and the force, and the hope and the determination of the city of West Berlin. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’."

28. 1962 Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis Soviet missiles found in Cuba! 14 day standoff Naval “quarantine” Agreement: Agreement: – Removal – No invasion – (removal of missiles in Turkey)  1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty!

29. Scandals!

30. EQ: To what extent did JFK’s image outshine the reality? -What areas was JFK successful? -Unsuccessful?