John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United States

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John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United
States

• Democrat
• VP is LBJ

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Beginning..

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline
  Massachusetts to Joseph Kennedy and Rose
  Fitzgerald Kennedy wealthy Roman Catholics
• One of nine children.
• Sickly child, spent a lot of time recovering from
  illness in bed. Avid/speed reader.

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Young Adult.

• Went to London when his father Joseph was serving
  as the Ambassador to Great Britain.
• Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1940
• 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
  JFKs life

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Political Career

• JFK returns home after the war to serve in the
  House of Representatives the 11th district from
  1947-1953
• JFK serves as a Senator from Massachusetts from
  1953-1960
• Defeats former VP Richard Nixon in 1960 to
  become
• The youngest elected President
• First Roman Catholic President
• National Televised debates
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Family Life

• 1953 marries Jacqueline Bouvier
• November 27th 1957 Caroline
• November 25th 1960 John Jr. John John

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Camelot"Don't let it be forgot, that once
there was a spot, for one brief shining moment
that was known as Camelot."

• In American culture, the term Camelot refers to
  the presidency of John F. Kennedy and represented
  the potential, the promise, and hope for the
  future of America
• NEW FRONTIER Space NASA
• Kennedy inspires a new generation to become
  involved in their country and the world
• Alliance for Progress
• Peace Corps and VISTA now called AmeriCorps
• Ask not what your country can do for youask
  what you can do for your country!

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First Foreign Policy Crisis Bay of Pigs

• Fidel Castro had overthrown the Batista regime
• Castro was receiving aid from the USSR
• President Kennedy approves of a CIA plan to send
  Cuban exiles back to Cuba to overthrow Castro
  FAILURE
• Bay of Pigs invasion was a disaster
• Kennedy apologized to the American people and
  promises to not let it happen again!

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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 was on the brink of war
• Kennedy, with the support of the OAS,
  quarantines Cuba and forms a blockade
• Moves 200,000 troops to Florida in case the
  blockade does not work
• We are eyeball to eyeball and the other man just
  blinked

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vP7YkJxQT_0Y

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Berlin Wall
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Berlin Wall

• 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
• !

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Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963

• Kennedy in a motorcade through downtown Dallas
  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

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• https//www.youtube.com/watch?v1q91RZko5Gw

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Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby

• Lee Harvey Oswalds last moments

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Funeral and Burial

• JFK is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
  one of two Presidents buried there
• Eternal Flame
• Son Patrick and wife Jaqcueline are next to him

• Iconic images

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Achievements and Honors

• Won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in
  Courage
• Purple Heart from WW II

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Legacy inherited by LBJ

• 2 July 1964 Pres. Johnson signs Civil Rights
  Act of 1964
• Voting illegal to apply different standards to
  black and white applicants literacy
• Public accommodations law forbade discrimination
  in most public restaurants, hotels, motels, lunch
  counters retail stores, theaters and sports
  arenas
• Public Facilities law forbade discrimination in
  government owned or operated parks, swimming
  pools, and libraries
• Federally Assisted Programs Government could
  withhold financial aid from state and local
  programs that involved discrimination
• Employment The law forbade discriminatory
  practices by employers, employment agencies and
  labor unions, the law created the Equal
  Employment Opportunity Commission
• Criminal to discriminate/affirmative Action

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LBJ Kennedy legacy

• 2 June 1965 Voting Rights Act 1965 passed by
  Congress
• In any state where less than half of the voting
  age population were registered to vote, all
  literacy requirements were suspended
• Atty. General was empowered to send in Federal
  examiners to any state were voter discrimination
  occurred to register all would be voters
• Atty. General empowered to file suits challenging
  constitutionality of the state poll taxes

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LBJ

• Civil Rights
• Vietnam War
• Great Society