chapter 28: the new frontier and the great society
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Chapter 28: The New Frontier and the Great Society. 1960 Presidential Election Mass. Senator John F. Kennedy (Demo.) Vice-President Richard Nixon (Rep.) JFK Issues Age: 2 nd youngest president inexperienced/terrible health Religion: first catholic president Father: Joseph Kennedy/money. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 28: The New Frontier Chapter 28: The New Frontier and the Great Societyand the Great Society
1960 Presidential Election• Mass. Senator John F. Kennedy
(Demo.)• Vice-President Richard Nixon (Rep.)JFK Issues• Age: 2nd youngest president
inexperienced/terrible health• Religion: first catholic president• Father: Joseph Kennedy/money
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2 Events Impact Election2 Events Impact Election
Four televised debates: first time in U.S. history
• Message: Nixon won• Image: JFK won (70 million viewers)Civil Rights/Dr. King arrested in Atlanta in
October• No action by Nixon• JFK calls Coretta King• RFK got judge to release Dr. King on bail• Wins black vote for JFK
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Election ResultsElection Results
• JFK: 303 (34,227,000) 49.9%• Nixon: 219 (34,108,000) 49.8%
Kennedy Administration: New Frontier
• Cuba1959: Fidel Castro overthrows
Fulgencio Batista and establishes Cuba as a communist nation
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April 17, 1961: The Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961: The Bay of Pigs InvasionInvasion
• CIA trained Cubans try to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
• 1,400 commandos overwhelmed by 20,000 Cuban troops. Kennedy refuses to use U.S. military as promised. Complete failure!
• JFK and U.S. embarrassed. U.S. pays $53 million in supplies for return of captured commandos
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October 14-28, 1962: Cuban October 14-28, 1962: Cuban Missile CrisisMissile Crisis
• October 14: U-2 photographs show USSR nuclear missile bases in Cuba
• October 22: JFK announces missile bases in Cuba to U.S. public
• October 24: JFK declares a naval quarantine (blockade) of Cuba
• October 25: Soviet ships on their way to Cuba stop and turn around
• October 28: JFK & Khrushchev Deal– USSR: remove missile bases– USA: promise to not invade Cuba/overthrow Castro– USA: secret deal to remove U.S. missiles in Turkey– Closest that US/USSR came to nuclear war
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November 22, 1963: Dallas, November 22, 1963: Dallas, TexasTexas
• President Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the new president.
LBJ Administration: The Great Society• Former Senate majority leader from
Texas• Excellent politician and dealing with
Congress
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Great Society: War on Great Society: War on PovertyPoverty
• End poverty and racial injustice• Create a higher standard of living• Promote a richer quality of lifeImpact of Great Society• Helps millions of Americans (many
programs still in effect today)• Destroyed by Vietnam War
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