2. The New Frontier “Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.” ~ John F. Kennedy

3. Early Years Born and raised in Massachusetts Son of Joe Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald

4. Irish Catholic So what?

5. Health Problems Digestive Problems Back Problems Skinny Doesn’t live up to Joe Jr.

6. After Harvard JFK Joins the Navy Rejected from Army because of back problems Hero in the Solomon Islands –Rammed by a Japanese Ship –JFK personally rescues 3 men –Receives Navy & Marine Corp. Medal

7. Early Political Career 1946 – House of Rep. 1952 – Senator 1953 – Marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

8. Election of 1960 Nixon - Kennedy A new kind of campaign TV

10. Kennedy 34,220,984 - 49.7% Nixon 34,108,157 – 49.5%

11. Kennedy frequently appears on television.

12. 1st family fascinates public Examples: Kennedy reads 1600 wpm Thousands enroll in speed reading Millions copy Jackie’s hairstyle

14. Stimulating the Economy Cut taxes Deficit spending

15. Dept. of Defense receives a 20% budget increase Nuclear missiles Nuclear submarines Expansion of armed services Nuclear missiles Nuclear submarines Expansion of armed services

16. Race to the moon 1961 Soviets orbit the earth 1962 US orbits earth 1962 TELSTAR (US) launched – Television satellite July 20 1969 – Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

18. Bay of Pigs Castro takes control of Cuba 1959 Castro allies w/ Soviets Eisenhower trains Cuban refugees to fight Kennedy approves attack Disaster Increases tension

20. Berlin Wall Khrushchev wants Western powers out of Berlin Build the wall in 1961 Keep East Berliners out of West Berlin Khrushchev wants Western powers out of Berlin Build the wall in 1961 Keep East Berliners out of West Berlin

22. Cuban Missile Crisis Soviet missiles in Cuba

24. Cuban Missile Crisis Cont. Terms Soviets remove missiles from Cuba U.S. promises not to invade Cuba U.S. privately agrees to remove missiles from Turkey

25. Entertainment During JFK Era Marilyn Monroe Alfred Hitchcock West Side Story Mary Poppins Frankie & Annette

27. Tragedy in Dallas 60% approval rating Dallas, typically conservative

28. Lee Harvey Oswald 24 years old Ex-marine Briefly lived in USSR Returned to US Supported Castro 24 years old Ex-marine Briefly lived in USSR Returned to US Supported Castro

29. November 22nd 1963

31. Oswald transferred from one jail to another Shot by Jack Ruby “Murder without Malice” (Manslaughter) 5 Years

32. Unanswered Questions Chief Justice Earl Warren investigates Warren Commission Conclude Oswald acted alone

33. 1979 – Reinvestigated probably Oswald maybe a 2nd shooter but in conspiracy with unknown people

34. Kennedy - Lincoln Similarities

35. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

36. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln

37. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both were shot in the head. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners.

38. Both successors were named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

39. Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are comprised of fifteen letters

40. John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

41. Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.