Kennedy 20 sec. 1 Slide 2 Election of 1960 Closest since 1888
Kennedy beat Nixon by 119,000 votes Slide 3 Slide 4 Kennedys
victory Television Debate Kennedy wore makeup Nixon sweated Civil
Rights Slide 5 Slide 6 Television Debates Slide 7 Polls TV: Most
thought JFK won Radio: Most thought Nixon won Slide 8 Martin Luther
King Jr. Slide 9 King arrested at sit-in Attempt to desegregate
restaurant Sentenced to 4 months hard labor JFK called Kings wife
RFK arranged for King to be released Blacks voted for JFK Slide 10
JFK Youngest elected president ever - 43 Boosted military spending
#s in military grew Created Green Berets Focused on third world
