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th 35 John F. Kennedy President of the United States Democrat VP is LBJ
The Presidents video p JFK video
Young Adult…. p p After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the U. S. Navy and he commanded a PT Boat in the South Pacific. He was wounded when the boat was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer. He and his crew stranded on an island. Older brother Joseph Jr. , who was being groomed for politics, dies when his bomber blows up over the English Channel in 1944 – changes course of JFK’s life
Foreign Policy p Containment: Stop spread of Communism
First Foreign Policy Crisis: Bay of Pigs Fidel Castro of Cuba receiving aid from the USSR p CIA plan to send Cuban exiles back to Cuba to overthrow Castro & communism = FAILURE p This leads Cuba to seek military aid from USSR…. . p
Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962 p p p U 2 spy plane discovers missile silos on Cuba USSR was shipping nuclear missiles to Cuba Every American city but Seattle was in range of nuclear attack “Missiles must go!” 13 days the world on the brink of war Kennedy and other nations agree to quarantine Cuba and form a blockade so no nukes get to Cuba
THE HOTLINE p a direct phone line from the White House in D. C. to the Kremlin in Moscow (USSR) to avoid miscommunication and possible nuclear war
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A divided Berlin West Berlin is an Island of democracy in a sea of COMMUNISM!
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall p p p Soviets and East Germans built a wall around West Berlin to keep East Germans and others from leaving the USSR Kennedy goes to Berlin as a show of support that the West will not abandon West Berliners !
Vietnam War p JFK sends military advisors to help support the South Vietnamese fight off communism from the North.
Domestic – NEW FRONTIER Peace Corps and VISTA– now called Ameri. Corps “Ask not what your country can do for you…ask what you can do for your country!” n p Volunteering around the world and at home The Space Program n n n NEW FRONTIER NASA Space Program Why? To land a man on the moon before the USSR! (remember Sputnik? )
Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963 p p Kennedy in a motorcade through downtown Dallas Texas was shot and killed Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as President on Airforce 1 heading back to D. C. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime – but killed before he could stand trial Warren Commission investigated the assassination
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Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby p Lee Harvey Oswald’s last moments
Funeral and Burial p p p JFK is buried at Arlington National Cemetery – one of two President’s buried there Eternal Flame Son Patrick and wife Jaqcueline are next to him Iconic images
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