The Aura of Camelot

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The Aura of Camelot

• The Kennedy Presidency
• Revisited

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A little Background

• Joseph Kennedy (JFKs Dad) is son of Irish
  Immigrant got RICH in Liquor industry
• Active Democrat, ambassador to GB support PM
  Chamberlain in Munich Conference Remember the
  Munich Conference?
• One of his sons, JFK, was a PT 109 boat crewman
  in WW II
• JFK weds Jacqueline Bouvier in 53
• Up to John to carry family name on in Politics
• Enters politics in House of Rep later Senator
  of MA.
• Young, good looking, beautiful spouseand RICH
• He had it allNow he is seeking to change
  America

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The Beginnings of the Kennedy Administration

• A. Public Opinion Polls
• 1. Nixon Leadsb/c of incumbent VP,
• 2. Had the experience in this time of trial
  w/USSR
• 3. JFK wins 1st debate on TV Nixon looked
  like death
• a. TV helps JFK in his campaign
• B. The 1960 Presidential Election
• 1. 22nd Amen Prevented President Eisenhower
  from seeking a 3rd term
• 2. Reps Nixon / Lodge
• a. Nixon had been an excellent VP / Good
  Political Strategist
• 3. Dems Kennedy / Johnson
• a. JFK NE, Catholic, Family Name LBJ Southern
  states, Congressman
• 4. November 1960
• a. JFK 303 Nixon 219
• b. Becomes the youngest man ever elected
  President, and only Catholic

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Democrats nominate Senator Kennedy for 1960
Presidency Kennedy LBJ vs. Republican Big
Richard Nixon Kennedy has some critics hes too
young and inexperienced and he is Catholic
(loyalty to US or Pope?) Kennedys NEW FRONTIER
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• C. Foreign Policy
• 1. Continuation of Containment and Arms buildup
• 2. Incorporates Flexible Response with USSR
• a. Other buildups Troops, supplies, Special
  Ops Forces (Green Berets)
• 3. Foreign Aid
• a. Peace Corps Volunteers to help in
  developing countries Hopefully this prevents
• b. Alliance for Progress to states who
  promise to develop democracies
• A few of the problems JFK faced upon taking
  office in 1960
• Bay of Pigs 1960
• Berlin Wall 1961
• South Vietnam 1962
• U-2 Spy Plane Over Cuba 1962

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• E. Tensions Ease A little bit anyway
• 1. Both sides agree to Arms-Reduction talks
• 2. USSR, G.Br, USA sign Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• a. Ends atmospheric underwater testing
• b. Kennedy considered this his most important
  work to-date as President
• 3. Hot Line
• a. Direct telegraph b/w Washington and Moscow
• b. Allows communication in time of disaster
• The New Frontier
• F. Kennedys Domestic Agenda
• 1. Economic Matters
• a. Raise govt. spending Generate jobs, Fight
  Inflation
• 2. Social Aspects
• a. Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
• b. Government aid to poor areas of the country
• All of these efforts, Kennedy hoped, would help
  him as he was
• re-booting for re-election in 1964

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• G. November 22, 1963 The Day America Lost its
  Innocence
• 1. Kennedy arrives in Dallas, looking for
  Southern support for 64
• 2. Weather conditions allow for open top
  parade from Love Field to Apparel Mart
• a. In the car Mr./Mrs. Kennedy, Gov. Mrs.
  Connelly, Two Secret Service Agents
• 3. 1230 PM Three Shots
• a. 1 Missed, 2 JFKs Neck Connellys Back,
  3 Fatal Head Wound
• b. Approx 100 PM CST JFK is pronounced dead at
  Parkland Hospital
• 4. 100 PM LBJ sworn in as 36th President of
  the United States as Air Force 1 leaves Dallas
• a. W/in several hrs, Lee Harvey Oswald is
  arrested for murder of JFK
• b. One day later, Jack Ruby shoots and kills
  Oswald
• c. This begins the ideas that the men were
  connected, and there was a Conspiracy
• 5. End of Speculation
• a. Warren Commission Report (Earl Warren
  Chief Justice)
• i. 10 months of investigation
• ii. Present their findings to President
  Johnson
• iii. Official Report Oswald and Ruby acted
  alone

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Camelot.

• Allow me to introduce myself. Im the man who
  accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris
• Jackie brought American, via TV, into her
  families life.she had artists, writers,
  intellectuals, and sports heroes invited to White
  House events
• Was this really what life was like for the
  Kennedy marriage?

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JFKs most trusted advisorhis brother.
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Best and Brightest

• AG Bobby (RFK), very effective, helped CRM and
  MLK
• Bob McNamara, Dean Rusk, etcall Ivy league
  educated best and brightest
• RFK1961 sent 400 marshals to Monty Alabama to
  protect MLK and cracked down on corruption in
  labor unions and its ties to Mafia
• Helps send Jimmy Hoffa to prison

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Kennedys Civil Rights Agenda. The New Frontier

• Moved cautiously
• Needed support of southerners in Congress (other
  Dems)
• Appointed Thurgood Marshall (NAACP) and other
  AfAms to federal posts
• Began drafting legislation for civil rights for
  all Americans
• Leads to the March on Washington
• Did NOT live to see Civil Rights Act of 1964
  passed

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NASA

• 1957 USSR is winning space race
• Sputnik, ICBMs, and other Technology
• 1961 USSR sends Yuri Gagarin into space.
• 1st Man to Space
• Causes Americans to feel downtrod and depressed
• Creation of NASA
• National Aeronautics Space Administration
• Federal to launch rockets to space/explore
  moon
• Werner VonBraunAmericas Hero
• Alan Sheppard answered Gagarin and is 1st
  American
• John Glen beats USSR as first man to orbit the
  earth.
• Kennedys challenge of the Moon
• By 1970, Get a man to the moon, and return him
  safely home.
• July 16 1969 Apollo 11
• Carries Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Tom
  Collins
• Landed on the MOON and returned home

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One reason for the large increase in defense
spending between 1950 and 1960 was

• A an unprecedented inflationary economy
• B funding for military involvement in South
  America
• C the Cold War and the arms race with the Soviet
  Union
• D a large investment in supersonic military
  transports

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One small step for man and one giant leap for
mankind
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Assassination

• Nov 22 1963 Dallas Texas
• Kennedy, Gov Connelly and both wives are riding
  in limo through downtown
• Shots rang out, how many?
• Oswaldex marine, Marxist who had once asked for
  asylum in USSR accused in shooting
• Conspiracy theories? CIA (Vietnam), Cuba and
  Castro, USSR, Organized Crime.or one crazy ex
  marine?

• Lee Harvey Oswald

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John F. Kennedy bravely salutes his fathers
coffin during the state funeral.
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A Nation in Mourning

• John John salutes
• 70 million watch televisions first Presidents
  funeral
• A loss of American innocence? Camelots over, a
  better time has passed?

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LBJ Being Sworn In On Air Force One As It Leaves
Dallas
Before JFK could finish his first termsee
passage of his New Frontier goalsor see the
moon landing, he was assassinated in Dallas,
Texas on Nov 22, 1963. More on this after TAKS!