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Early Political Life
• Representative (MA) 1947 – 1952
• Senator (MA) 1953-1960
• Writes a book Profiles in
Courage.
JFK with JacquelineJFK with Jacqueline
19601st Televised Debate
Kennedy vs. Nixon
http://www.history.com/videos/the-first-jfk-nixon-debate#the-first-jfk-nixon-debate
President Kennedy“The New Frontier”
Domestic Policy
• Civil Rights• Education• Health Care• Poverty
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”
Kennedy’s Foreign PolicyKennedy’s Foreign Policy
• Space Program
• Bay of Pigs– Cuba– Leader: Fidel
Castro– Allies with the
Soviets
• http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078745232&VIDEO=2798&CHAPTER=17&MODE=2
Bay of Pigs – April 1961
• Central Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)Agency (CIA)
• Anti-Castro refugees Anti-Castro refugees defeateddefeated
• JFK humiliatedJFK humiliated