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The New Frontier
“Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.”
~ John F. Kennedy
Early Years
• Born and raised in Massachusetts
• Son of Joe Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald
Irish Catholic
• So what?
Health Problems
• Digestive Problems
• Back Problems
• Skinny
Doesn’t live up to Joe Jr.
After Harvard JFK Joins the Navy• Rejected from Army because of
back problems• Hero in the Solomon Islands
– Rammed by a Japanese Ship– JFK personally rescues 3 men– Receives Navy & Marine Corp. Medal
Early Political Career
• 1946 – House of Rep.
• 1952 – Senator
• 1953 – Marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
Election of 1960
• Nixon - Kennedy
• A new kind of campaign
• TV
Kennedy 34,220,984 - 49.7%Nixon 34,108,157 – 49.5%
Kennedy frequently appears on television.
1st family fascinates public
• Examples:• Kennedy reads 1600
wpm• Thousands enroll in
speed reading• Millions copy Jackie’s
hairstyle
Stimulating the Economy
• Cut taxes• Deficit spending
Dept. of Defense receives a 20% budget increase
Dept. of Defense receives a 20% budget increase
• Nuclear missiles• Nuclear submarines• Expansion of armed
services
• Nuclear missiles• Nuclear submarines• Expansion of armed
services
Race to the moon
• 1961 Soviets orbit the earth
• 1962 US orbits earth • 1962 TELSTAR (US)
launched – Television satellite
• July 20 1969 – Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
Bay of Pigs
• Castro takes control of Cuba 1959
• Castro allies w/ Soviets• Eisenhower trains
Cuban refugees to fight• Kennedy approves
attack• Disaster• Increases tension
Berlin WallBerlin Wall• Khrushchev wants Western powers out of
Berlin
• Build the wall in 1961
• Keep East Berliners out of West Berlin
• Khrushchev wants Western powers out of Berlin
• Build the wall in 1961
• Keep East Berliners out of West Berlin
Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviet missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis Cont.Terms
• Soviets remove missiles from Cuba
• U.S. promises not to invade Cuba
• U.S. privately agrees to remove missiles from Turkey
Entertainment During JFK Era• Marilyn Monroe
• Alfred Hitchcock
• West Side Story
• Mary Poppins
• Frankie & Annette
Tragedy in Dallas• 60% approval rating• Dallas, typically conservative
Lee Harvey Oswald
• 24 years old
• Ex-marine
• Briefly lived in USSR
• Returned to US
• Supported Castro
• 24 years old
• Ex-marine
• Briefly lived in USSR
• Returned to US
• Supported Castro
November 22nd 1963
• Oswald transferred from one jail to another
• Shot by Jack Ruby• “Murder without
Malice” (Manslaughter)
• 5 Years
election of 1960.asf
Unanswered Questions
• Chief Justice Earl Warren investigates
• Warren Commission• Conclude Oswald
acted alone
• 1979 – Reinvestigated• probably Oswald • maybe a 2nd shooter• but in conspiracy with unknown people
Kennedy - Lincoln Similarities
• Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
• The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
• Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
• Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
• Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln
• Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
• Both were shot in the head.
• Both were assassinated by Southerners.
• Both were succeeded by Southerners.
• Both successors were named Johnson.
• Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
• Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
• Both assassins were known by their three names.
• Both names are comprised of fifteen letters
• John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
• Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.
• Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
• Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
• Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.