Kennedy and Johnson Years 1960-1968

1. Kennedy and Johnson Years 1960-1968 John Kennedy -New Frontier 1960-1963 -Election of 1960 • T.V. debates change election process how? • Youngest president elected – from? First Roman Catholic – big issue – Why? • Famous inaugural quote – “ Ask not what your country .. • Stirs the imagination of young people

4. Camelot Years – Why?

5. J.F.K and Foreign Policy Bay of Pigs – • Cuba • Kennedy inherits plan to overthrow communist - Castro • CIA train anti-Castro rebels to revolt against Castro • Rebels attack with no air support from US Air Force • JFK accepts full responsibity not a good start

6. Ike and JFK At Camp David after Bay of Pigs -

7. CIA trained rebels waiting to overthrow Castro

8. Kennedy: Foreign Policy Peace Corp • An organization designed to send young volunteers to • Third world countries to aid them in ... Alliance for Progress – • Economic aid to Latin Amer. – promote social progress -Mostly military aid – why?

9. JFK meets new Peace Corp recruits

10. A young Bill Clinton meets JFK

11. JFK radio speech proposing Alliance For Progress

12. JFK – Berlin Wall Berlin Wall – July 1961 • Soviets hope to force out Western Nations • JFK warns Soviets “We will stay in Berlin” • Soviets begin to build the Wall – demonstrates the weakness of Communism – fence in apeople

13. JFK at The Wall 1963

14. “Ich bin ein Berliner”

15. Cuban Missile Crisis – Oct. 1962 • US surveillance planes discover missile sites • JFK commits to blockade Soviet ships 3 days world waits – US declares all out attack if the Soviets … • Khrushchev – backs down dismantles and withdraws • US promises not to invade Cuba

16. Addressing the Nation on Cuban Missile Crisis

17. evidence of missile assembly

18. Nuclear Test Ban Nuclear Test Ban • US, USSR, GB – agree to suspend testing of nuclear weapons – for 3 years Hot Line • teletype communications between Moscow and D.C.

19. JFK and the Space Program • Yuri Gargarin- first Soviet to orbit earth • Kennedy vows to put a man on moon at end of decade • Creates NASA – 3-5 million involved – Houston Tex. • John Glenn first American to orbit the earth 1962 • NASA create Apollo program • “To the Moon Alice”-Honeymooners

20. JFK and John Glenn

21. The Right Stuff

22. Civil Rights and The Kennedy Years Civil Rights – Attorney General 1960-63 • Bobby Kennedy Supreme Court sets in motion a political revolution How? Martin Luther King – • non-violent protests – sit-ins

24. Sit-ins and Freedom Riders • SNNC –to train protesters and organize demonstrations • 1961 – Freedom Riders –Ala – designed to end segregation in bus stations • Birmingham, Ala. – TV captures the violence • 1963 – Freedom March – Wash DC “250,000 people of all races gather to hear “ I Have a Dream” speech– page 600 in textbook

25. Freedom Riders and Violence

26. I Have A Dream Speech 1963

27. WORKING FOR PEACE Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Bans segregation in Public Places Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Gov’t protects all citizens right to vote Malcolm X- Nation of Islam • Black Muslims – Force if necessary to to achieve economic and social improvement – “Black Power”

28. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X