Kennedy and Johnson presidencies

By ashley222
  • Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate (1960)

    Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate (1960)

    the first nationally televised debate, Kennedy v. Nixon.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)

  • Peace Corps Formed (1961)

    Peace Corps Formed (1961)

    President Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps
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    John F. Kennedy (1961- 1963)

  • cuban missile crisis (1962)

    cuban missile crisis (1962)

    leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba
  • Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas (1963)

    Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas (1963)

    President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
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    Lyndon B. Johnson (1963- 1969)

  • The Great Society (1964)

    The Great Society (1964)

    their goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.