THE ELECTION OF 1960

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THE ELECTION OF 1960

• JOHN F. KENNEDY
• (DEMOCRAT)
• VS.
• RICHARD NIXON
• (REPUBLICAN)

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PRESIDENTDWIGHTD.EISENHOWER1953-1961
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JOHN F.KENNEDY1960DEMOCRATICPRESIDENTIALCAND
IDATE
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RICHARDNIXON1960REPUBLICANPRESIDENTIALCANDID
ATE
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MAJOR THEMES

• JFK
• AMERICA WAS ADRIFT
• SOVIETS PASSING US
• NIXON
• U.S. STILL STRONGEST
• EISENHOWERS V.P.

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MAJOR ISSUES

• AGE
• JFK WAS 43
• RELIGION
• JFK WAS CATHOLIC
• BOTH ANTI-COMMUNIST
• BOTH PRO-CIVIL RIGHTS

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MAJOR EVENTS

• COMMUNIST CUBA
• TV DEBATES
• M.L. KING ARRESTED

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1960 ELECTION RESULTS

• KENNEDY BARELY WINS
• POPULAR VOTE
• ELECTORAL VOTE
• KEY STATES
• ILLINOIS
• TEXAS

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PresidentialCandidate Vice PresidentialCandidate PoliticalParty Popular Vote Popular Vote Electoral Vote Electoral Vote
     John Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Democratic 34,220,984 49.72 303 56.42
     Richard Nixon Henry Lodge Republican 34,108,157 49.55 219 40.78
     Unpledged Electors - Democratic 286,359 0.42 15 2.79
     Other () - - 216,982 0.32 0 0.00
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POPULAR VOTE ELECTORAL VOTE
NIXON
JFK

• JFK

NIXON
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JFK
NIXON
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IN 1960 OHIO( ITS 25
ELECTORS)VOTED FOR NIXON
JFK
NIXON
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UNIT 6LIVING WITHGREAT TURMOIL(1960 1975)
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CHAPTER 20

• THE NEW FRONTIER
• (JOHN F.KENNEDY)
• AND
• THE GREAT SOCIETY
• (LYNDON B.JOHNSON)

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CHAPTER 20 SECTION 1

• JOHN F. KENNEDYTHE COLD WAR

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JFKS FOREIGN POLICY

• MORE DEFENSE SPENDING
• MORE GROUND FORCES
• NUCLEAR STRATEGY
• MASSIVE RETALIATION GONE
• NOW FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

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CRISES OVER CUBA

• COMMUNIST REVOLUTION 1956 1959
• FIDEL CASTRO
• 10 FLEE TO U.S.A.

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THE BAY OF PIGS

• C.I.A. PLAN (OKD BY IKE)
• TRAIN EXILES
• INVADE CUBA
• OVERTHROW CASTRO
• INVASION FAILED
• APRIL 1961

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THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

• SECRET MISSILE BASES
• SUPPLIED BY SOVIETS
• U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA
• OCTOBER 1962
• U.S. INVASION FORCE
• BASED IN S. FLORIDA

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NUCLEAR WAR AVOIDED

• THE U.S.S.R.
• REMOVED NUKES
• THE U.S. PROMISED
• NO INVASION
• HOT LINE INSTALLED
• TEST BAN TREATY

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THE BERLIN CRISES

• 20 OF EAST GERMANS
• MOVED TO WEST BERLIN
• THE BERLIN WALL
• AUGUST OF 1961

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