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The JFK Domestic Agenda and Assassination

The JFK Domestic Agenda and Assassination. After the Cuban Missile Crisis. 62% were unhappy with his policies on Cuba prior. After, Kennedy’s popularity soared – Fall 1963 – 60% of public gave him high marks

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The JFK Domestic Agenda and Assassination

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  1. The JFK Domestic Agenda and Assassination

  2. After the Cuban Missile Crisis • 62% were unhappy with his policies on Cuba prior. • After, Kennedy’s popularity soared – Fall 1963 – 60% of public gave him high marks • Went from young, flashy, inexperienced to brave, noble leader who rescued his country from a nuclear war.

  3. Kennedy’s Domestic Agenda

  4. The “New Frontier” • Gov. aid to the elderly • Combat racism • Improve American education • Assist Failing Farmers • Halt Recession

  5. Actual Accomplishments • Meager – not able to rally Congress • New Frontier not really realized until Johnson’s Great Society • Successes • Space Program • Civil Rights after 1962 • Economy • Women’s Rights  EQUAL PAY ACT (1963) – women receive equal pay to men for equal work

  6. Going to Dallas • November 22, 1963 – JFK came to Dallas to mend political fences w/ Democratic party in Texas • Greeted warmly from generally conservative crowds lined on streets

  7. JFK, Jackie, Texas Governor John Connally and his wife

  8. Dealey Plaza

  9. Dealey Plaza

  10. Shots rang out

  11. Declared Dead 1 Hour Later

  12. America is Shocked

  13. JFK’s Funeral

  14. Lyndon B. Johnson Sworn In on Air Force One just after Kennedy died

  15. Lee Harvey Oswald • A Communist • Was in marines • Lived in USSR • Bored in USSR • Moved from job to job • Leading suspect in murder, FBI concluded he acted alone • Was assassinated later by Jack Ruby

  16. Warren Commission • FBI Investigation of who killed JFK • Concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted independently

  17. The Conspiracies • Mafia conspiracy • Soviet Conspiracy • Cuban/CIA Conspiracy • Lyndon B. Johnson Conspiracies

  18. Albert Thomas winks at LBJ

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