Kennedy and johnson

THE NEW FRONTIER AND THE GREAT SOCIETY KENNEDY AND JOHNSON LEAD AMERICA IN THE 1960S

SECTION 1: KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Senator Kennedy, 1958

REPUBLICAN OPPONENT: RICHARD NIXON ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Nixon hoped to ride the coattails of the popular President

TELEVISED DEBATE AFFECTS VOTE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

JFK: CONFIDENT, AT EASE DURING DEBATES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

JFK’S OTHER EDGE: CIVIL RIGHTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sit-Ins were non-violent protests over the policy of whites-only lunch counters in the South

JFK, NIXON REACT DIFFERENTLY TO KING ARREST ,[object Object],[object Object],King Kennedy

CLOSEST ELECTION SINCE 1884 ,[object Object],[object Object],JFK RMN

“ ASK NOT . . .” ,[object Object],Delivered Friday, January 20, 1961

THE CAMELOT YEARS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE KENNEDY MYSTIQUE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ,[object Object],[object Object],RFK was John’s closest friend and advisor

FOCUS ON THE COLD WAR ,[object Object],[object Object]

CRISIS OVER CUBA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BAY OF PIGS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ We looked like fools to our friends, rascals to our enemies and incompetents to the rest” Quote from U.S. Commentator

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],KENNEDY RESPONDS American president John F Kennedy making his dramatic television broadcast to announce the Cuba blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis

13 DAYS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],For 13 days in October, 1962 the world stood still as the threat of nuclear war gripped the planet

CRISIS OVER BERLIN ,[object Object],[object Object]

SOVIETS SEEK TO STOP EXODUS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],East Germany begins construction on the Berlin Wall, which becomes a primary symbol of the Cold War and Soviet oppression

EASING TENSIONS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SECTION 2: THE NEW FRONTIER ,[object Object],[object Object]

THE PEACE CORPS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RACE TO THE MOON ,[object Object],[object Object]

A MAN ON THE MOON ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Armstrong “ One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

KENNEDY ADDRESSES INNER CITY BLIGHT AND RACISM ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

TRAGEDY IN DALLAS ,[object Object],[object Object]

JFK SHOT TO DEATH ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON BECOMES PRESIDENT ,[object Object],[object Object],A somber LBJ takes the oath of office aboard Air Force One with the Jackie next to him

JFK LAID TO REST ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Three-year old John Kennedy Jr. salutes his father’s coffin during the funeral

LEE HARVEY OSWALD CHARGED; SHOT TO DEATH ,[object Object],[object Object],Jack Ruby, right, shoots Oswald, center, to death 11/24/63

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SECTION 3: THE GREAT SOCIETY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Senator Johnson pictured in 1958

JOHNSON’S DOMESTIC AGENDA ,[object Object],[object Object]

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 ,[object Object],[object Object],LBJ signs the Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King watches

VOTING RIGHTS ACT 1965 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],"By the way, what's the big word?"

THE WAR ON POVERTY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Project Head Start is still going strong

THE 1964 ELECTION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LBJ WINS BY A LANDSLIDE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LBJ easily defeats Goldwater in ‘64

BUILDING THE GREAT SOCIETY ,[object Object],[object Object]

EDUCATION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

HEALTHCARE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

HOUSING ,[object Object],Weaver

IMMIGRATION REFORM ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE ENVIRONMENT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CONSUMER PROTECTION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SUPREME COURT REFORMS SOCIETY, TOO ,[object Object],[object Object],Warren

WARREN COURT AND SUSPECT’S RIGHTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

IMPACT OF GREAT SOCIETY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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