The Kennedy Era

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The Kennedy Era

• 1960-1963

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Kennedy Family

• Joe Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
• 9 Children
• Joe (1915)
• John Jack (1917)
• Rosemary (1918)
• Kathleen Kick (1920)

• Eunice (1921)
• Patricia (1924)
• Robert Bobby (1925)
• Jean Ann (1928)
• Edward Ted (1932)

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Growing up Kennedy

• Rose
• Kept meticulous medical records
• Devoted mother
• Hired an orthodontist and a kinesthetic coach for
  the children
• Joe
• Devoted father
• Wrote daily letters while he was away on business
• Encouraged the children to think for themselves
• Never used physical discipline

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Growing up Kennedy

• Expected to win
• Kennedy win philosophy
• Kennedys dont cry
• Rules for visiting the Kennedys
• Houseguests were expected to compete in the
  Kennedy competitions

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Rosemarys Affliction

• Difficulties with her birth left her mentally
  incapable
• Institutionalized in Wisconsin during her late
  teens
• She was never expected to come in first
• Doctors told Rose and Joe that a surgery would
  help her
• Ended up giving her a lobotomy
• Left her worse off than before
• The one thing Rose never forgave herself for

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Jacks Health

• Physical disabilities were well hidden
• Scarlet Fever-3 years old
• Severe backaches
• Made worse by a football injury
• A mosquito took a great risk to bite Jack
• 1940s-Diagnosed with Addisons Disease
• Reduces the immune system
• Took steroids/cortizone
• Enhanced his sexual appetite

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Joe vs. Jack

• Major sibling rivalry
• Joe Jr. was the obvious favorite of Joe Sr.
• Fought violently
• Jack enjoyed Joes misfortunes

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Joe Jr.

• Joe Sr. wanted him to become President
• Probably never would have been President
• Inherited too many of Joe Sr.s traits
• Advertised his goals and masculinity
• Women
• Preferred strippers and married women

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Jack

• Women
• Always better than Joe
• Had an ability to make and hold friends
• He always traveled with a friend
• Had a very charming personality

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Kick Rebels

• Most independent of all the children
• Very attractive
• Openly opposed her Father
• Joes favorite daughter
• Didnt get along with Rose
• Married a protestant (her family disowned her for
  a short time)
• Marquess of Harington
• Killed in action in World War II
• She died in a plane crash in 1948 with her lover
  (a British Earl)

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New Roles

• World War II
• Joe and Jack both became war heroes
• Joe was a pilot and Jack was in the Navy
• Joe was sent on a suicide mission over Europe
  and shot down in 1944
• Jack was thrust into the spotlight
• Had always been the shier of the 2 brothers

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Jacks Role in WWII

• August 2, 1943
• PT-109 on a nighttime patrol was rammed by a
  Japanese destroyer
• Jack was thrown across the deck and re-injured
  his back
• Towed a wounded man 3 miles in the ocean to an
  island
• Received the following medals during the war
• Navy and Marine Corp Medal
• Purple Heart
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• World War II Victory Medal

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Jackie Kennedy

• Jacqueline Bouvier-Born July 28, 1929
• Daughter of Black Jack Bouvier and Janet Norton
  Lee
• Father had a reputation as a womanizer
• Her parents divorced in 1938
• Received a bachelors degree from Ms. Porters
  School for Girls

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Jacks Courtship of Jackie

• Details of how they got together are unknown
• Reporter from the New York times kept throwing
  them together
• Jackie was very fond of Joe and Bobby
• Joe admired her spunk
• She was the only person ever allowed to refuse to
  play touch football with the Kennedys
• Married September 12, 1953
• Jackies mothers family and her father werent
  present

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Early Political Career

• JFK decided to run for the Senate in 1952
• Bobby was his campaign manager
• Defeated Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Joe Kennedy had
  lost the same seat to Lodges father)

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Kennedy Political Machine

• Roses Teas
• Attracted 70,000 women voters
• Jacks sisters made public appearances
• Debate between Kennedy and Lodge made Lodge look
  like a deer in the headlights
• Kennedy won with 51 of the vote
• Forged an unstoppable political machine

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Nixon-Kennedy Debates
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Election of 1960

• Nixon had been Eisenhowers Vice-President for 2
  terms
• Kennedy is the 1st and only non-Protestant
  President
• Vote was the closest race since 1916

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The Golden Boy
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Bay of Pigs

• Coordinated originally under the Eisenhower
  administration
• Cuba had become Communist in 1959 under Fidel
  Castro
• January 22, 1961-Kennedy was informed of the
  invasion plan
• Plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

• Kennedys Cabinet believed it had a fair chance
  for success
• Kennedy was given a short timeline to decide
• Troops were being trained in Guatemala and the
  Guatemalan government wanted them out
• Soviet pilots had begun landing in Cuba
• Disposal Problem
• Becoming more dangerous to call it off than go
  forward

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Bay of Pigs

• Kennedy thought he couldnt lose-The Midas Touch
• At the last minute the US withdrew its assistance
  
• March 14, 1961-Invasion began
• Landing site-Castros favorite fishing spot
• Made the guerrilla option obsolete (no longer a
  surprise)
• April 1961-Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Easily defeated the Guerillas
• Aftermath-Kennedy immediately admitted his
  mistake to the public
• Probably saved his Presidency

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Cuban Missile Crisis

• A WHOLE NOTHER POWERPOINT

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Marilyn Monroe

• Born Norma Jeane Mortenson
• Playboy Centerfold
• Most famous for her roles in Gentlemen Prefer
  Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire and Some Like
  it Hot
• Married to Joe Dimaggio
• Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend
• Happy Birthday to JFK

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Peace Corps

• Established by Executive Order
• March 1, 1961
• Volunteer organization for 3rd world countries
• Countering Yankee imperialism idea
• THE PEACE CORPS

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Berlin Wall

• Kennedy-July 25, 1961
• Said the US would protect Germans both East and
  West
• 155 Kilometers long
• Torn down in 1989 by college students
• David Hasslehoff sang on top of the wall

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Kennedy and Civil Rights

• June 11, 1963-Civil Rights Act
• Public facilities
• Bobby Kennedy-Main fighter for Civil Rights
• Attorney General under Kennedy

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Space Race

• 1957-1975
• Soviets-First Man in Space
• Yuri Gagarin-April 12, 1961
• 23 days later-Alan Shephard becomes first
  American in space

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Kennedys Assassination

• November 22,1963
• Dallas, Texas
• Next to the Texas Book Depository
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• Oswald was arrested and while being moved to a
  prison was shot by Jack Ruby