Transcript P. 1, 4, & 5: “Turbulent Times (1961

Begin Unit VII: 28.1 Notes
2. Video Clip: 1960 Election and the Role of
TV
3. 28.1 Vocabulary
4. Unit 6 Exam Results
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March 3, 2015
Unit 7
Presidents of
the 1960’s: JFK & LBJ
1960-1968
Chapter 28, Sections 1-3
The Election of 1960
Democratic Ticket
John F. Kennedy for president
Lyndon Johnson for vice president
Republican Ticket
Richard Nixon for president
Henry Cabot Lodge for vice president
Election of
1960
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Grew up poor in CA
Protestant
Navy in WWII
Elected to House of
Representatives in 1946
Member of House on
Un-American Activities
Committee (HUAC)
Became Senator in
1950 (CA)
V.P. for Eisenhower from
1952-1960
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Grew up Wealthy
Harvard Graduate
Catholic
Navy in WWII
Elected to House of
Representatives in 1946
(MA)
Became Senator in 1952
Why did JFK win?
1.) TV = “Great Debates”
1st ever televised debate: Largest
Audience ever, 70 million watched
Close Popular Vote!
28.2 Notes
2. Work on 28.1/28.2 Vocabulary
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March 4, 2015
The New Frontier: JFK’s
Domestic and Foreign programs.
 Kennedy wanted to:
1. Eradicate poverty
2. Work towards Civil Rights for
African Americans
3. Explore space
4. Defeat Communism
 Many Republicans and
Southern Democrats in
Congress denied JFK’s domestic
social reform attempts.
 He focused most of his
Presidency on Foreign Affairs.
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28.2
JFK and the Cold War
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Peace Corps: Created to
promote democracy and world
peace around the world
through volunteerism.
Alliance for Progress:
Cooperative projects with Latin
American nations.
JFK was a strong
anticommunist.
Containment trough variety
of political and military
means and options:
Flexible Response
Robert McNamara (Sec. of
Defense)
“Flexible Response”
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Fulgencio Batista:
President of Cuba
Supported by US.
Cuban Revolution:
1953-1959 led by Fidel
Castro
Plot to overthrow Castro
began under Eisenhower
and continued for next 2
years.
CIA led operation = full
scale Cuban invasion.
Cuban exiles (over
1,400)
April, 1961.
114 killed, rest taken
prisoner.
Embarrassment for US &
Kennedy.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
October, 1962
 Khrushchev sent
nuclear missiles to
Cuba.
 13 Day Ordeal:
1. Oct.14, 1962:
Surveillance photos
show Soviets
construction
missile sites in
Cuba.
2. Oct. 22: JFK
announces
blockade of Cuba
(U.S. forces would
fire on any ship
that attempted to
pass the blockade)
3. Oct. 24: Soviet
ships approach
blockade
4. Oct. 28:
Agreement made.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK Assassination
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Nov. 22,
1963:Dallas,
TX.
Dealy Plaza
Lee Harvey
Oswald
Jack Ruby