1. John F. Kennedy 35 th President of the United States Democrat VP is LBJ

2. The Presidents video -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL2gy EuQ-YU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL2gy EuQ-YU

3. Young Adult….  After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and he commanded a PT Boat in the South Pacific. He was wounded when the boat was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer. He and his crew stranded on an island.  Older brother Joseph Jr., who was being groomed for politics, dies when his bomber blows up over the English Channel in 1944 – changes course of JFK’s life

5. Foreign Policy  Containment: Stop spread of Communism

6. First Foreign Policy Crisis: Bay of Pigs  Fidel Castro of Cuba receiving aid from the USSR  CIA plan to send Cuban exiles back to Cuba to overthrow Castro & communism = FAILURE  This leads Cuba to seek military aid from USSR…..

7. Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962  U2 spy plane discovers missile silos on Cuba  USSR was shipping nuclear missiles to Cuba  Every American city but Seattle was in range of nuclear attack  “Missiles must go!”  13 days the world on the brink of war  Kennedy and other nations agree to quarantine Cuba and form a blockade so no nukes get to Cuba

8. THE HOTLINE  a direct phone line from the White House in D.C. to the Kremlin in Moscow (USSR) to avoid miscommunication and possible nuclear war

9.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7YkJx QT_0Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7YkJx QT_0Y

10. A divided Berlin West Berlin is an Island of democracy in a sea of COMMUNISM!

11. Berlin Wall

12.  Soviets and East Germans built a wall around West Berlin to keep East Germans and others from leaving the USSR  Kennedy goes to Berlin as a show of support that the West will not abandon West Berliners  !

13. Vietnam War  JFK sends military advisors to help support the South Vietnamese fight off communism from the North.

14. Domestic – NEW FRONTIER Peace Corps Peace Corps and VISTA– now called AmeriCorps “Ask not what your country can do for you…ask what you can do for your country!”  Volunteering around the world and at home The Space Program NEW FRONTIER NASA Space Program Why? To land a man on the moon before the USSR! (remember Sputnik?)

15. Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963  Kennedy in a motorcade through downtown Dallas Texas was shot and killed  Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as President on Airforce 1 heading back to D.C.  Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime – but killed before he could stand trial  Warren Commission investigated the assassination

16.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q91 RZko5Gw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q91 RZko5Gw

17. Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby  Lee Harvey Oswald’s last moments

18. Funeral and Burial  JFK is buried at Arlington National Cemetery – one of two President’s buried there  Eternal Flame  Son Patrick and wife Jaqcueline are next to him Iconic images