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Cold War, Continued...

BELLWORK:

Open Textbook to p.822; ready notebook for notes

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PREAMBLE to our CONSTITUTION

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6th Grade US History: Mr. Wilson

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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Unit 11: The Cold War Continues: Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs & Vietnam War

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Election of 1960

  • Richard Nixon, Ike’s V.P., faces MA Senator John F. Kennedy

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  • Nixon/Kennedy: first EVER televised debates of presidential candidates

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Election of 1960, ii

  • Those who watched: thought Kennedy won the debate

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  • Those who listened on radio: thought Nixon won the debate

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Election of 1960, iii

  • Richard Nixon, Ike’s V.P., Richard Nixon, faces MA Senator John F. Kennedy

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  • Kennedy wins in one of the closest presidential elections in history

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John F. Kennedy

  • JFK: born into a wealthy MA family; attended Harvard University

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  • Elected to both the House of Representatives and later the Senate, representing MA

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  • Forty-three years old, he was the youngest elected president, bringing a level of youth and vigor to the office

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    • Wife, Jacqueline, was admired for her fashion and style

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JFK’s Inaugural Address

  • “A new generation of Americans” have taken control
  • One of the most famous quotes in American history, “Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country”
  • No coat or hat—radiated youth and strength

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  • https://youtu.be/mxa4HDgfWFs

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  • The address was primarily focused on Cold War politics
    • He maintains that the U.S. will support any nation that upholds and preserves freedom (Truman Doctrine).

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JFK’s Assassination

  • JFK is in Dallas, TX to gather support for his 1964 reelection campaign.
  • Kennedy decides to ride in an uncovered car to better interact with people around him.
  • As Kennedy's presidential motorcade passes through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, shots were fired from a nearby building
    • Bullets pass through JFK's neck and brain and he is dead before the car reaches the hospital.
  • Kennedy's assassin is Lee Harvey Oswald

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The Aftermath: The Warren Commission

  • Appointed by incoming president Lyndon B. Johnson and named after Chief Justice Earl Warren, the commission was created to investigate President Kennedy's death.
  • It concluded that Oswald acted as a lone gunman and there was no other sort of conspiracy involved.
  • To this day, the committee's findings remain disputed.
  • Kennedy's Legacy
    • Generally seen as one of America's better presidents.
    • Credited with inspiring hope among Americans.

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JFK: FAILURES & SUCCESSES

Failures: Congress rejects Kennedy's bill for more education funding

Congress rejects JFK's desire to provide medical care for elderly.

(LBJ’S Medicare)

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Successes: Housing Act (1961)

24th Amendment (outlaws poll tax), tax cuts.

Getting ahead of the USSR: The Space Race.

JFK promises that before the decade is over the US will put a man on the moon. At the time, this was CRAZY ambitious!

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