MAJOR DATES

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MAJOR DATES

• Nov., 1960 John F. Kennedy Elected
  President
• April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin is first
  human in space
• May, 1961 Alan Shepard is first
  American in space
• Feb., 1962 John Glenn is first
  American to orbit Earth
• Nov. 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy
  assassinated in Dallas
• July 29, 1969 U.S. astronauts land / walk on
  Moon

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KENNEDYS IMAGE

• JFK family are very popular w/mass media and
  the public WHY?
• JFKs appearance / youthfulness appealed to
  public
• JFKs public speaking ability
• JFKs sense of humor
• JFKs wife, Jacqueline, encouraged artistic style
  and decoration in White House
• JFK White House staff used TV to create
  attractive public image

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JKFs Innauguration 1960
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JFK LBJ in the Oval Office
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KENNEDYS IMAGE

• WHY ELSE DID PEOPLE LIKE JFK?
• JFKs Administration was filled w/energetic,
  youthful officials
• Examples? Robert McNamara, Sec. of Defense
• JFKs enthusiasm pledge to improve the U.S.
• The New Frontier
• Define JFKs legislative agenda / program to
  improve America (see p. 838)
• What areas of American life did JFK want to
  improve?
• Poverty / Civil Rights
• Economy / Unemployment
• The Space Race vs. Soviets
• Relations w/ foreign nations
• Results?
• N.A.S.A. created
• PEACE CORPS created
• ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS created
• So What?
• JFK is trying to stimulate major changes in
  America

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THE SPACE RACE

• Origin
• 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik I
• April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin orbits earth
• U.S. fears Soviets will have space weapons
  capability
• U.S. response
• N.A.S.A. created Define
• JFK pledges major resources to NASA
• JFK pledges U.S. commitment to Moon landing
• (The New Frontier concept is promoted)

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Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, USSR
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YURI GAGARINs FLIGHT
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THE SPACE RACE (Contd.)

• Results?
• U.S. Govt. approves large for NASA
• Cape Canaveral, FLA launch center built
• Houston, TX mission control center built
• Other nation-wide facilities built (see graph, p.
  840)
• Final Results?
• 1961 Alan Shepard reaches space
• 1962 John Glenn orbits earth
• July, 1969 Apollo 11 crew make Moon landing

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• Astronaut
• Alan Shepard,
• U.S. Navy

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Astronaut John Glenn, U.S.M.C.
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Apollo 11 Launch, July 1969
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• Thats One Small
• Step for a Man,
• One Giant Leap for
• Mankind.
• Neil Armstrong,
• July 20, 1969

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Lunar Module Liftoff from Moon
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ASSASSINATION

• When? November 22, 1963
• Where? Dallas, TX
• Why there? JFK was making trip to build support
  w/Texas Democrats
• Who killed JFK?
• Lee Harvey Oswald Arrested charged
  w/assassination
• Where?
• Texas School Book Depository Bldg, Dallas
• JFK shot in Dealey Plaza
• Oswald murdered by Jack Ruby, Nov. 24, 1963
• Other theories?
• Mafia
• Anti-Castro Cubans
• Oswald conspired w/other, unknown persons

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JFK in DALLAS, Nov. 22, 1963
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DEALEY PLAZA, DALLAS, TX.
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JFK AFTER 1st SHOT
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Jackie Kennedy, LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson on board
Air Force One after the assassination
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LBJ TAKES PRESIDENTIAL OATH ON BOARD AIR FORCE
ONE, NOV. 22, 1964
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD
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• JACK RUBY SHOOTS
• LEE HARVEY OSWALD,
• DALLAS, TEXAS

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JACK RUBYSHOOTSLEE HARVEYOSWALD,NOV. 24,1963
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THE WARREN COMMISSION

• What? U.S. Govt. committee created to
  investigate JFKs murder
• When? 1963-64
• Who? Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren
• Decision?
• Oswald was lone assassin
• JFK killed by single bullet
• (The Magic Bullet Theory)

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THE MAGIC BULLET THEORY
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