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New Frontier Speech
Accepted the nomination for running for president.
Claimed to have only one obligation: to lead his party back to victory and our nation back to greatness.
He claimed that the New Deal and the Fair Deal were at those times but they would not work now. -
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JFK
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JFK Speaks at Houston Minister's Conference
Talks about being a Catholic
Audience worried about Kennedy making decisions without using Papal advice
JFK said he supported freedom of religion -
Nixon and Kennedy Debate
First Presidential debate televised
T.V. viewers thought Kennedy won because he looked good
Radio listeners thought Nixon had stronger debates and more knowledge -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuban leader welcomed Soviets into his country
USSR put nuclear weapons in Cuba
United States had nuclear missles aimed towards Cuba -
JFK wins election
First and only Catholic President
Youngest President elected
Won by less than 120,000 votes -
Bay of Pigs
Eisenhower Administration wanted Fidel Castro overthrown
Ordered CIA to train Cuban exiles
Kennedy agrees to this operation
Invaded on April 17th and failed -
Freedom Writers Attack
Freedom Writers were Civil Rights activists
Took public transportation to the south
The KKK attacked the activists and their bus -
Berlin Wall
Many people tried to escape Communsim
The wall was built to separate West and East Berlin
USSR tried to prevent the United States from having access to West Berlin -
Kennedy adresses Nation about Civil Rights
First time a President asked the American people to act on civil rights to create equlity
Kennedy strongly supported balck and white equality
Many legislations were passed by Kennedy. -
Assassination of Kennedy
Kennedy was losing votes because of his involvement in civil rights
He was shot while riding in a convertible through Dallas
Lyndyn B. Johnson became President after Kennedy's death
