Kennedy and Johnson

1. Kennedy and Johnson

2. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

3. Bellwork • Compare the presidential portrait of JFK with the portraits of other presidents . What does this portrait tell us about Kennedy? • Link

4. 1960 Election • Republicans • Richard Nixon • Democrats • John F. Kennedy (Mass. Sen.) • VP - Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, the Senate majority leader from Texas

5. The Debates • First televised presidential debates. 

7. Results of the Election of 1960 • Kennedy won • Youngest president (43) • First Catholic • Last Dem. to win south and Af. Am. vote

8. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

9. Kennedy’s Goals • Win the Third World

10. The Peace Corps • Summoned citizens to: • “ask not what your country can do for you: ask what you can do for your country” • Peace Corps • Volunteers sent to third world • Educators • health workers • Technicians/ engineers  • Promote democracy

11. Bay of Pigs • CIA-backed plan to overthrow Fidel Castro • Goal: • invade Cuba with anticommunist exiles

12. Bay of Pigs • CIA-backed plan to overthrow Fidel Castro • Goal: • invade Cuba with anticommunist exiles • Realities • April 1961 – 1,400 exiles landed at Cuba’s Bay of Pigs were captured of killed

13. Bay of Pigs • CIA-backed plan to overthrow Fidel Castro • Goal: • invade Cuba with anticommunist exiles • Realities • April 1961 – 1,400 exiles landed at Cuba’s Bay of Pigs were captured of killed • Results • Castro allies with USSR

14. Cuban Missile Crisis • October 1962 • U-2 photos revealed Soviet missiles in Cuba

16. Cuban Missile Crisis • Kennedy reaction • Naval “quarantine” ofCuba • Demanded immediate removal of the weapons. 

17. Cuban Missile Crisis • Conclusion • Nuclear war adverted • Cuban missiles • U.S. pulled missiles out of Turkey • U.S. agreed to not invade Cuba

18. Results of the Cuban Missile Crisis • Détente begins (French for relaxation of tension) • Nuclear test-ban treaty (1963) • “hot line” between Moscow-Washington for easy communication in case of crisis

19. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

20. Kenney’s Goals • Win the Third World • Win the Space Race

21. Men on the Moon • Promoted a multi-billion dollar project to land an American on the moon • Accomplished in 1969 • “But why, some say, the moon?  And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain?  Why, 35-years ago, fly the Atlantic?... No nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space." ... "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” -JFK

22. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

23. Kenney’s Goals • Win the Third World • Win the Space Race • Civil Rights

24. Civil Rights Act • March on Birmingham • May 2, 1963 • Marches attacked by police

27. Civil Rights Act • March on Birmingham • May 2, 1963 • Marches attacked by police • June 11 • Kennedy demanded passage of Civil Rights Act

28. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

29. Kennedy’s Assassination • November 22, 1963 • Dallas, Texas • Riding in an open limousine, an assassin shot and killed Kennedy

30. Kennedy’s Assassination • November 22, 1963 • Lyndon Johnson was sworn in 90 minutes after Kennedy’s death on Air Force One.

32. Kennedy’s Assassination • The Warren Commission • Headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren • Task: Investigate the assassination of Kennedy • Prime Suspect: Lee Harvey Oswald, a supporter of Fidel Castro.   • Two days after Kennedy’s assassination, Oswald was transferred from one jail to another.  While the nation watched on TV, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald • The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had worked alone. 

33. Check UP! Essay Drill • Compare the foreign and domestic policies of the two of the following presidents: • Harry Truman • Dwight Eisenhower • John Kennedy

34. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

35. Opportunity Cost • The cost of an alternative that must be given up in order to pursue a certain action. Put another way, the benefits you could have received by taking an alternative action.

36. Example • You decided to go to school today • You gave up….

37. Example • You decided to play on a sports team • You gave up…

38. Which is more important: • A strong military that will guarantee National Security? • A strong social safety net (unemployment, food stamps, social security, medical care) that will help those Americans most in need?

39. Production Possibility Curve

40. Check Up!Production Possibility Curve Circle the point on the production possibility curve that represents the U.S. during the Great Depression.

41. Check Up!Production Possibility Curve Circle the point on the production possibility curve that represents the U.S. during World War II.

42. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

43. Kennedy’s Assassination • November 22, 1963

44. LBJ’s Characteristics • Member of HR in 1937, when he was 29; • Joined Senate in 1948 • Was Democratic majority leader • Aggressive Politician

45. LBJ’s Characteristics • Member of HR in 1937, when he was 29; • Joined Senate in 1948 • Was Democratic majority leader • Aggressive Politician

46. LBJ’s Characteristics • Member of HR in 1937, when he was 29; • Joined Senate in 1948 • Was Democratic majority leader • Aggressive Politician

47. LBJ’s Characteristics • Used aggressive tactics against political opponents • Johnson’s 1964 Campaign Ad

48. Kennedy and Johnson • Introduction • Kennedy • Election • Policy • The Third World • Space Race • Civil Rights • Assassination • Econ 101 – Guns and Butter • Johnson • Election of 1964 • Great Society

49. Election of 1964 • Democrats • Lyndon B. Johnson • Republicans • Sen. Barry Goldwater of AZ

50. Results of the Election of 1964 • Johnson won: • 43.1 million-27.2 million (61% was a record) • 486-52 • Democratic majorities in both houses of Con.