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JFK deliever "New Frontier" speech
the new frontier
JFK makes goal to put man on moon by the end of decade.
"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
he also wants to protect or save thousands of acres of land -
JFK Debates Richard Nixon on Television
70 million viewers watched the debate.
The Great Debates marked television's grand entrance into presidential politics.
JFK looked a lot more professional on t.v. then nixon did -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
youngest man to be elected into office.
it was the 35th presdintial election.
one of the closet elections in history. -
JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
he is not in the job because he is catholic.
his religion will have no part with him in office.
he does not apologize for his views -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1300 Cuban exiles armed with US weapons landed in the Bay of Pigs
Invasion was stopped by Fidel Castro's army
Killed 90 and took the rest prisoner -
Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
communist put this wall up too contain people.
people want to leav communism.
cmmunist do not want to look bad by so many people leaving. -
Berlin Wall is Constructed
berlin wall rise and fall
200 angry people stoned the bus and slashed the tires
Second bus was attacked and beaten
Police did not arrive until well after the beatings even thought they were only two blocks away -
Cuban Missile Crisis
America finds out that cuba has nuclear wapons being provided to them by the soviets.
JFK talks with soviet leader and trys to end nuclear war thats about to happen.
They agree and have a hotline. -
Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights
Kennedy addresses the nation on Civil Rights from the Oval Office of the White House
delivered to the nation by radio and television
marked the first time that a president called on Americans to recognize civil rights as a lofty moral cause to which all persons should contribute, so that the nation might fully end discrimination against and provide equal treatment to African Americans -
JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
JFK assassination
he was shot in the head.
there is a consiracy on why there wasn't a body guard at his side.
another conspiracy is there was more then one shooter
