Transcript JFK Power Point - St. Francis School District

The New Frontier and the
Great Society
1960s
Warm-up
Write down what you think you know about
the following:
JFK
Martin Luther King Jr.
Hippies
Vietnam
Election of 1960
JFK 35th President of USA in
1961 against VP Nixon.
People were worried because
Kennedy was catholic.
Thought he would ally
with the pope.
Won with 1st televised presidential debate with over
70 million viewers!
The Camelot Years
Kennedy set the tone for the White House
of grace, elegance, and wit. “Ask not what
your country can do for you—ask what you
can do for your country.”
Kennedy family fascinated the public—
could read 1,600 words per minute, he was
smooth and had good looks.
His wife was a fashion icon
JFK and Jackie
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With Queen Elizabeth of
England
JFK Military policy
Developed flexible response—Kennedy
wanted to develop non nuclear weapons.
Increased spending on troops, ships, and
artillery, special forces. He also tripled the
nuclear capacity of the USA.
Crisis In Cuba
Fidel Castro—revolutionary leader of Cuba.
Declared himself communist and welcomed
aid from the Soviet Union.
Assassination of JFK
Who should decide (make decision)
whether the United States should use
nuclear weapons?
What measures are taken to protect the
President from assassination today?
What negatives effects does the
assassination of a President have on the
citizens of the United States?
Bay of pigs invasion/Cuban missile
Crisis
Failed invasion/Cuba aligns with Soviet
Union
Soviet Union sends nukes to Cuba!
Standoff=Soviet Union backs down!
JFK
Why do you think there are so many
conspiracy theories about the assassination
of JFK?
JKF Assassinated
November 22, 1963 assassinated by Lee
Harvey Oswald
LBJ takes over