1. Kennedy Years
The New Frontier

4. First Televised Presidential Debate

5. 1960 Election Richard Nixon v. John F. Kennedy
Most people who listened to the debate over the radio thought Nixon won.
Kennedy proved to be calm, cool, and collected while Nixon was seen as being more nervous and unsure.

6. Show clip on Staff Common (PreAP Unit 10- 1960 Debate)

7. Significance
First presidential debate where television and the media influenced the outcome of the vote
Does this still happen today?

8. Kennedy
43 years old
Roman Catholic
From a wealthy, influential family

10. Kennedy Wins the Election
JFK narrowly won the election

11. “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;, ask what you can do for your country.” Kennedy Inauguration speech

12. Domestic Programs
“New Frontier”-name of Kennedy’s domestic program
Kennedy’s main goals included:
Economy
Poverty relief
Space Program

13. Economy slowed by the end of the 1950s
Pushed for tax cuts and an increase in minimum wage ($1-$1.25)

14. Combating Poverty
Kennedy became convinced that the poor needed help after reading the book “The Other America.”
Many measures failed in Congress.

15. Other Kennedy Initiatives
Defense build up
Extension of Social Security benefits
Aid to education
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

16. Space Program Funding for NASA was increased
Pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade

17. “We choose to go to the moon”

18. In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon
Space Race
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon
John F. Kennedy did not live to see the achievement.

19. Armstrong, Collins, Buzz Aldrin

20. Armstrong works at the lunar module in one of the few photos showing him during the EVA.

21. How Mrs. Perucca remembers what year we went to the moon
How Mrs. Perucca remembers what year we went to the moon... Thanks 90s Disney!

22. Assassination JFK traveled to Dallas, TX for the re-election campaign.
While traveling in a convertible limousine JFK was shot.

23. Kennedy Assassinated:
November 22, 1963

29. Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald was the main suspect.
He was apprehended within an hour of the death.
Jack Ruby then shot Oswald while in custody.

31. Warren Commission
Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Presidents commission to investigate the assassination.
Earl Warren headed the commission
The Warren Commission determined that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination.

32. Conspiracy
Although the Warren Court determined that neither Oswald, Jack Ruby, nor any other American was involved, conspiracy theories still exist to this day.

34. JFK Documentary Start at 1:51:50