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JFK

JFK. JOHN F. KENNEDY. Kennedy defeats Nixon Fraud in Illinois and Texas TV debates help Kennedy. The New Frontier. Improve overall quality of American life and reenergize American foreign policy. Fills Cabinet w/ fresh faces. Space program develops.

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JFK

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  1. JFK

  2. JOHN F. KENNEDY • Kennedy defeats Nixon • Fraud in Illinois and Texas • TV debates help Kennedy

  3. The New Frontier • Improve overall quality of American life and reenergize American foreign policy

  4. Fills Cabinet w/ fresh faces

  5. Space program develops

  6. Increased minimum wage, social security payments, & defense spending – up 20% In 1960, the minimum wage was $1.00 an hour.Here's what some basics cost in 1960:New house; $11,700Average monthly rent: $88Gas: 22c a gallonNew car: $2,050Health insurance for family: $75 a month http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2012/04/04/Minimum-Wage-and-What-It-Buys-You-1950s-to-Now.aspx?index=1

  7. Civil Rights Issues • Brother Bobby becomes Attorney General

  8. Black Rights • Sit-ins in Greensboro • Montgomery Bus Boycott • Freedom Riders

  9. Kennedy’s Foreign Affairs

  10. Bay of Pigs Invasion • Pro-Soviet Cuban leader Fidel Castro takes over in 1959 • CIA trained anti-Castro refugees prepare for invasion of Cuba • April 1961 – 1,500 invaders are destroyed by Castro forces COMPLETE DISASTER!!!

  11. Berlin Wall Crisis – 1961 • Khrushchev gives deadline of December for U.S. to withdraw from West Berlin • JFK refuses and Khrushchev builds a wall so East Berliners cannot get into West Berlin

  12. Cuban Missile Crisis – Oct 1962 • U-2 spy planes reveal photos of nuclear missiles in Cuba • JFK decides to set up a naval quarantine (blockade of Cuba to stop the flow of missile parts) • Soviet ships turn around at last minute to avoid confrontation • Soviets agree to remove missiles if U.S. pledges not to invade Turkey • U.S. secretly agrees to take out missiles in Turkey

  13. Limited Test Ban Treaty • No above ground or underwater nuclear testing • 100 countries sign it • France & China do not

  14. Hotline Established • Direct phone line from D.C. to Moscow

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