John F Kennedy 1961-1963

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John F Kennedy1961-1963

• Ask not what your country can do for you,but
  what you can do for your country.

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Interesting Facts

• Naval veteran
• Youngest president elected youngest to die
• 1st Catholic in office
• 1st born in the 20th century
• Health concerns

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Background

• Born May 29, 1917
• Brookline, Massachusetts
• Parents
• Joseph
• Rose
• 1of 9 kids
• Wealthy family
• Well educated

• 1939 summered in Europe saw the makings of
  WWII
• When US entered WWII, signed up for navy
• After, his father pushed him to politics

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Joseph Kennedy, Jr. John F. Kennedy Rosemary
Kennedy Kathleen Kennedy Eunice Kennedy
Patricia Kennedy Robert Kennedy Jean Kennedy
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Political Background

• 1946 Congress _at_ 29
• 1951 married Jacqueline 3 kids
• 1952 US Senate
• 1956 tried to run for president but didnt win
• Concerns Catholic young
• 1960 won! Democratic beat Nixon
• Role of television

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Domestic PolicyMake way for a New Frontier

• Increased minimum wage
• Tariff reductions
• Economic aid to poor
• 10 billion tax cut
• Civil rights later
• Space Exploration

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Foreign Policy

• Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961
• Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
• Support to West Germany
• Aid to Latin America
• Saw formation of Peace Corps to help 3rd World
  nations
• Gove support to South Vietnam

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KENNEDYS APPROVAL RATINGS
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His Assassination

• November 22, 1963
• He was campaigning in Dallas, TX
• Lee Harvey Oswald, Cuban sympathizer
• Oswald killed 2 days later
• Many questions remain

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