Bell Ringer 1 paragraph How was your break

Bell Ringer ● 1 paragraph - How was your break? Did you do anything exciting? Did you go anywhere exciting?

Kennedy and The New Frontier Mr. Turner American History II Unit 7: JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Vietnam, Civil Rights

Election of 1960 ● ● (R) Richard Nixon vs (D) John F Kennedy Held first televised debate TV viewers - JFK won - Radio listeners - Nixon won Kennedy wins election of 1960 - electoral vote 303 -219

Kennedy and the Cold War ● ● ● Said US had lost ground under Eisenhower Built up all aspects of military Wanted to create new initiatives in the Third World 1961 - Peace Corps created - “missions of freedom” Alliance for Progress - “Good Neighbor” policy in Latin America

Kennedy and the Cold War ● Bay of Pigs Invasion ○ ○ ○ Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro Complete failure Turned Cubans against Kennedy ● The Cuban Missile Crisis ○ ○ ○ Nikita Khrushchev vs JFK 1962 - Soviet Union moved missiles into Cuba 6 days - US and USSR had nuclear warheads aimed at each other Hot line created b/w US and USSR 1963 - US, GB, USSR Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ● 1961 - Berlin Wall built

Kennedy’s New Frontier ● Kennedy surrounded himself with distinguished men ● JFK to blaze a “New Frontier” - improve economy, education, health care. & civil rights ● Early part of presidency focused on foreign affairs ● By 1963 - focus on domestic affairs

New Frontier ● Kennedy pushed through increase in minimum wage, extension of Social Security, & improvements to welfare ● 1962 - President’s Commission on the Status of Women - how poverty and discrimination affect women ● 1963 - Equal Pay Act- Equal pay for equal work ● Deficit spending - borrowing money to spend more than taken in

New Frontier ● ● ● While an advocate for civil rights - JFK moved slowly He had little support or influence in Congress 1961 - Freedom Rides 1963 - MLK in Birmingham 1963 - JFK introduces Civil Rights Act - prosecutes voting-rights violations money for desegregation

The Space Race ● ● ● 1957 - launching of Sputnik starts space race 1958 - NASA created 1961 - Soviets orbit earth 1961 - Kennedy promises man on the moon before the end of the decade 1969 - Neil Armstrong becomes first man on the moon - US wins space race

Kennedy’s Assassination ● ● ● November 1963 - Kennedy travels to Texas to campaign for 1964 election November 22, 1963 - Presidential motorcade drives through Dallas Kennedy is shot and killed LBJ sworn in as president Warren Commission - Lee Harvey Oswald “lone shooter” Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald