2. Chapter 28: The New Frontier and the Great Society
1960 Presidential Election
Mass. Senator John F. Kennedy (Demo.)
Vice-President Richard Nixon (Rep.)
JFK Issues
Age: 2nd youngest president inexperienced/terrible health
Religion: first catholic president
Father: Joseph Kennedy/money

5. 2 Events Impact Election
Four televised debates: first time in U.S. history
Message: Nixon won
Image: JFK won (70 million viewers)
Civil Rights/Dr. King arrested in Atlanta in October
No action by Nixon
JFK calls Coretta King
RFK got judge to release Dr. King on bail
Wins black vote for JFK

8. Election Results JFK: 303 (34,227,000) 49.9%
Nixon: 219 (34,108,000) 49.8%
Kennedy Administration: New Frontier
Cuba
1959: Fidel Castro overthrows Fulgencio Batista and establishes Cuba as a communist nation

10. April 17, 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
CIA trained Cubans try to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
1,400 commandos overwhelmed by 20,000 Cuban troops. Kennedy refuses to use U.S. military as promised. Complete failure!
JFK and U.S. embarrassed. U.S. pays $53 million in supplies for return of captured commandos

12. October 14-28, 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
October 14: U-2 photographs show USSR nuclear missile bases in Cuba
October 22: JFK announces missile bases in Cuba to U.S. public
October 24: JFK declares a naval quarantine (blockade) of Cuba
October 25: Soviet ships on their way to Cuba stop and turn around
October 28: JFK & Khrushchev Deal
USSR: remove missile bases
USA: promise to not invade Cuba/overthrow Castro
USA: secret deal to remove U.S. missiles in Turkey
Closest that US/USSR came to nuclear war

20. November 22, 1963: Dallas, Texas
President Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the new president.
LBJ Administration: The Great Society
Former Senate majority leader from Texas
Excellent politician and dealing with Congress

23. Great Society: War on Poverty
End poverty and racial injustice
Create a higher standard of living
Promote a richer quality of life
Impact of Great Society
Helps millions of Americans (many programs still in effect today)
Destroyed by Vietnam War