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New Generation and New Opportunities
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List characteristics of a GREAT President:
2)
Election of 1960 q
John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon q
Religious
Issues: Catholic versus Protestant q
Nixon: an experienced middle-class
conservative-Vice President under Eisenhower. q
Kennedy:
Senator, Millionaire with style, wit and charisma q
Issues for the Election of 1960:
The Economy, Mutnik, Communism in Asia (Vietnam), Civil Rights and
Cuba. q
Candidates have more similarities than
differences on the issues. q
Nixon far more experience and qualified q
Kennedy much better handle on the
electronic media q
Debate of 1960 benefits Kennedy q
Closest election in history:
49.7%--Kennedy to 49.5—Nixon--Popular Vote 3)
The New Frontier: q
Kennedy starts presidency without a
mandate: country divided…. q
Kennedy slow to assert strong leadership. q
Reflected idealism and hope q
Deal challenges instead of problems q
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 4)
Kennedy’s Style and Challenges q
High Powered Administration q
Brother, Robert Kennedy appointed as
Attorney General---Closest Advisor. q
Berlin Wall 1961 q
The Space Race-Soviets put the first man
into space-Yuri Gagarin-1961. q
Kennedy responds to Soviet space efforts
by promising to land a man on the moon. John
Glen becomes the first man to orbit the earth in 1962. 5)
Crisis in Cuba q
Revolution and anger in Latin America:
USA companies control $7 Billion dollars worth of Latin America’s
resources. q
Nationalistic movements heat
up—especially in Cuba q
Cuba under the dictatorship of Fulgencio
Batista q
America’s playground surrounded by
extreme poverty. q
Cuba only 90 miles from the USA. q
Fidel Castro leads a peasant/middle class
revolution. q
Castro takes over and nationalizes USA
property q
Eisenhower snubs Castro and sets up
secret force—La Brigada-aimed at overthrowing Castro’s government. q
Castro turns to the Soviet Union for
support. q
In 1961—Kennedy inherits a Soviet
satellite state located only 90 miles from the USA q
Kennedy supports invasion, but want to
keep it secret. q
Bay of Pigs Invasion a disaster for
Kennedy and the USA. q
Kennedy and CIA launch Operation Mongoose
in an attempt to remove Castro from power. q
Khrushchev and Soviet Union respond by
placing nuclear missiles in Cuba as a warning to the USA. q
Kennedy considers options: Air Strike,
Invasion, Negotiation, and Blockade. q
USA Blockades Cuba in an attempt to
prevent any Soviet shipments. q
Kennedy makes national TV address
informing Americans of a potential conflict. q
USA and the Soviet Union—on the brink
of nuclear war. q
With the threat of all out nuclear war,
USSR agrees to remove missiles on the condition that the USA vows to never
invade Cuba and that they remove weapons from Turkey. q
Kennedy agrees to the first demand but
ignores the 2nd and warns Khrushchev to pull the missile or the US
will take them out. Khrushchev
removes the missiles and war is avoided |
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