Kennedy

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Kennedys Presidency
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1960 Election Background

• Democrats in charge for 20 years (1932 1952)
• Eisenhower wins in 52 and 56
• 22nd Amendment prevented Eisenhower from running
  again in 60

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Republican Party

• Nixon (VP for 8 years under Eisenhower) wins
  nomination

Democratic Party

• Wide Open
• Young Sen Kennedy from Mass
• Dem leader in Senate Johnson (TX)
• 8 time Sen Humphrey (MN)
• 2 time Pres candidate Stevenson
• Catholic Kennedy nominated and names Johnson his
  VP

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The Campaign Trail

• Nixon said he would campaign in all 50 states
• HI and AK admitted when he was VP
• Wasted time in states he could not win
• Wasted time campaigning in states that would not
  pay off

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National Issues

• Kennedy says Republican Party under Eisenhower
  had allowed Russians to get ahead
• Analysis said Russian economy would overtake the
  US in 1984
• Missile Gap never existed
• Space Program (Sputnik)

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First Television Debate Ever

• Nixon refuses makeup Looks tired
• Kennedy considered a heart-throb
• The people who listened on the radio thought
  that Nixon won the debate while those who watched
  it said Kennedy won
• First time TV medium played important role in a
  politics

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Clip

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

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Results

• Kennedy wins by .2 of popular vote
• Kennedy wins 303 219 electoral vote
• Becomes youngest president to serve at 43 years
  old

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Controversies

• JFK won TX (24 electoral votes) by 2
• Big question in IL (27 votes) He won by 9,000
• Mayor of Chicago held back voting results until
  very late 450,000 margin of victory for Kennedy
• IL had voted Republican for Eisenhower
• Mob Connections?

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Camelot

• Kennedy compared to King Arthur
• Young Leaders
• Royal Families
• Influential Wives
• Assembled strong team of advisors
• Fought against Evil
• Helped the Less Fortunate
• Assassinated

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Kennedys and Spouses
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Robert, Edward and John
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Jack, Robbie and Teddy
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Inauguration
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In the Oval Office
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White House at Christmas
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy
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Jackie
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In the White House
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Her Classic Look
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Reading to Caroline
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Caroline with Dad
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Caroline (A little older)
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John Jr.
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Jack
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John with Dad
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Kids in the Oval Office
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On Vacation
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The White House Lawn (With Charlie)
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More Vacation
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Kennedys New Frontier

• Peace Corps Volunteer assistance to developing
  countries around the world in order to promote
  democracy and freedom
• Pushed for Civil Rights and continued
  strengthening of the economy
• Space Race Space exploration leads to
  developments in computers, robotics, specialized
  fabrics

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Bay of Pigs Debacle
(1961)
CIA-trained Cuban exiles led an attack at the Bay
of Pigs in Cuba in an attempt to overthrow
Communist Castro
Invasion was a disaster and failed was a huge
foreign policy blunder for the United States
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Cuban Missile Crisis

• Soviets putting Nuclear Missiles in Cuba
• US sets up blockade around Cuba
• Resolved Peacefully Soviets remove missiles, US
  removes missiles from Turkey
• US-USSR set up the Hotline for direct
  communication

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Berlin Wall Built
Soviets wanted to keep Germans from moving out of
East Germany into West Berlin, where they could
become free
Berlin Wall became the symbol of Communist
oppression around the world
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Ich bin ein Berliner! (1963)
President Kennedy tells Berliners that the West
is with them!
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Speech

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vZItzF0ldAUo

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Assassination of a President
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President arrives at Love Field
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The Motorcade leaves Love Field
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• This is the path the motorcade took through
  Dealey Plaza.

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Sniper perch
1st shot
3rd shot
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Zapruder Film
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LBJ was sworn in at Love Field
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Profile of an Assassin

• Troubled Childhood
• father died, mother unstable, previous violence,
  moved 21 times between school
• Marxist/Communist Beliefs
• Taught himself Russian, Joined Marines didnt
  like it, moved to USSR, married
• Not accepted there moved back to USA
• Applied for residency in Cuba denied
• Previous Assassination Attempt
• April 10th, 1963 Planned attempted to kill
  former Gen. Walker
• Texas School Book Depository
• October 1963 Oswald gets job working there
  (site of shooting)

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Oswald transferred to another jail.

• Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, shoots
  Oswald on live TV.
• Oswald will never go on record why he did what he
  did. He is now dead.

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Warren Commission

• The Warren Commission, led by Supreme Court Chief
  Justice Earl Warren, was a group put together to
  investigate the assassination
• The results of the report were published in
  October 1964, nearly a year after the killing.
• The report stated that Lee Harvey Oswald was the
  lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.

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The House Select Committee

• A 1976 Detroit Free Press poll 87 of Americans
  didnt believe in the lone gunman theory.
• A 2nd investigative committee published a report
  in 1979 determining the assassination to be a
  probable conspiracy.
• It also concluded that there was a 95 chance
  that a shot had been fired from the grassy knoll,
  based on acoustical evidence.

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Was Kennedy shot from the front?
2nd assassin?
Zapruder
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All witnesses that day described shots from where
Oswald was
Oswald
Grassy Knoll
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Picket fence
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View from behind fence (x marks the spot)
3rd shot
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Two Basic Views of the Assassination

• Crazed Loner
• One gunman
• Acted alone
• No accomplices or help from anyone else

• Conspiracy
• More than one gunman
• Those gunmen a part of a larger conspiracy

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Conspiracy Theories Include

• Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
• Republicans
• The Mob
• Fidel Castro
• Soviet Union

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A Nation Mourns

• The Funeral
• November 25, 1963 (John Jr.s B-Day) Thousands
  attend the procession from the White House to
  Arlington Cemetery
• Millions mourned in services held around the
  country and around the world.

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A Nation Mourns(2)

• Some of the sights and sounds of the Funeral

A sons final salute to his father
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A Fallen Leaders Final Resting Place