The JFK Domestic Agenda and Assassination

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The JFK Domestic Agenda and Assassination
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After the Cuban Missile Crisis

• 62 were unhappy with his policies on Cuba prior.
  
• After, Kennedys 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.

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Kennedys Domestic Agenda
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The New Frontier

• Gov. aid to the elderly
• Combat racism
• Improve American education
• Assist Failing Farmers
• Halt Recession

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Actual Accomplishments

• Meager not able to rally Congress
• New Frontier not really realized until Johnsons
  Great Society
• Successes
• Space Program
• Civil Rights after 1962
• Economy
• Womens Rights ? EQUAL PAY ACT (1963) women
  receive equal pay to men for equal work

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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

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JFK, Jackie, Texas Governor John Connally and his
wife
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Dealey Plaza
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Dealey Plaza
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Shots rang out
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Declared Dead 1 Hour Later
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America is Shocked
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JFKs Funeral
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Lyndon B. Johnson Sworn In

• on Air Force One just after Kennedy died

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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

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Warren Commission

• FBI Investigation of who killed JFK
• Concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted independently

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The Conspiracies

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

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Albert Thomas winks at LBJ