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JFK Presidency
1960-1963.
Member of the democrat party
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1963 US election
Democratic candidate = JFK (LBJ as VP)
vs
Republican candidate = Nixon (Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as VP)
JFK won with 303 electoral college votes & 49.72% of the popular vote
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Why did JFK Win?
- Nixon campaigned in all 50 states.
- voters who watched the 1st debate on TV said, JFK won
- Voters who listened to the 1st debate on radio said Nixon Won
- Nixon was injured and therefore made himself look ill on TV
-Eisenhower doesn't endorse Nixon
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Cuba before 1961
- Fulgencio Batista was a Pro-American dictator in charge of Cuba
- 1959 Fidel Castro Overthrows Batista during the Cuban Revolution.
- Castro aligned himself with Communism.
- this places a communist influence nation 90 miles from the Florida.
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Cuba 1961
- Bay of Pigs.
- CIA train 1,400 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.
- extremely unsuccessful.
- paratroopers landed in the wrong place.
- Castro found out the plans of the CIA.
-Castro forces pinned the exiles on the Bay of pigs.
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Berlin
- 1949-1958; 2 Million East Germans fled East to the West
- West Berlin was wealthier then East Berlin
- 1961 Berlin wall was built.
- Created a physical divide
- West saw it as a triumph
- Cold war tensions increased
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Cuba 1962 part 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Castro aligned with the USSR relied on aid and military might form the Soviets.
- A U2 spy planes takes photos of soviet misses in Cuba.
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Why did JFK increase involvement in Vietnam?
- He wanted to prove himself after BoP
- Belief in domino theory
- Pressure by military and civilian advisors (Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk)
- Assassination of Diem
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How did JFK increase involvement in Vietnam?
- increased advisors from 1,000 - 17,000
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New Frontier Plans aims
- deal with poverty and surplus
- fight the cold war better
- conquer "ignorance and prejudice" & "science and space"
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New Frontier policies
- Area redevelopment act 1961, created 26,000 jobs
- 5 million A-A remined underfunded
- Social security act 1961 expanded elderly and disabled benefits
- Minimum wage $1.25 per hour
- extend the interstate highway act
- Food stamp programmes fed 240,00
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Civil Rights Events
- Sit-ins 1960-1961
- Freedom rides 1961
- Birmingham campaign 1963
- 1963 Phillip Randolph organized the March on Washington
- MLK "I Have a Dream Speech"
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Civil Rights opposition
- KKK firebombed business
- Murder of Medgar Evens by Byron De La Beckwith was found not guilty by all white jury
- Bull Conner - Birmingham
- Jim Clark - Selma
- George Wallace campaigned as a rabid racist an won in 162 for Alabama Governor
- Congress b
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JFK response to Civil Rights
- Creation of EEOC
- Brought 57 cases against illegal voting
- invited large groups of Black people to the white house
- Robert Kennedy had to send in the National Guard to ensure integration at the Uni of Mississippi and Uni of Alabama
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A-A in the north
- NOI increased membership due to Malcom X
- Ghetto housing was poor but rent was high
- 32% of students at ghetto school finished HS
- 56% of white school finished HS
- 45% of unemployed Americans were black
- Chicago's south side had 50-70% black youth
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US economic situation
- GNP rose by 20%
- industrial produce rose by 22%
- Personal income by 15%
- 40-60 million Americans were impoverished
- 20% of Americans in poverty were A-A, H-A & N-A
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Women and youth
- educated women were steered towards nursing and teaching
- 80% of teachers but only 10% were head
- 7% doctors and 3% lawyers
- Schools expelled and fired anyone pregnant
- Betty Friedan placed pressure on women to focus on their personal potential
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Card 2

Front

Democratic candidate = JFK (LBJ as VP)
vs
Republican candidate = Nixon (Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as VP)
JFK won with 303 electoral college votes & 49.72% of the popular vote

Back

1963 US election

Card 3

Front

- Nixon campaigned in all 50 states.
- voters who watched the 1st debate on TV said, JFK won
- Voters who listened to the 1st debate on radio said Nixon Won
- Nixon was injured and therefore made himself look ill on TV
-Eisenhower doesn't endorse Nixon
-

Back

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Card 4

Front

- Fulgencio Batista was a Pro-American dictator in charge of Cuba
- 1959 Fidel Castro Overthrows Batista during the Cuban Revolution.
- Castro aligned himself with Communism.
- this places a communist influence nation 90 miles from the Florida.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

- Bay of Pigs.
- CIA train 1,400 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.
- extremely unsuccessful.
- paratroopers landed in the wrong place.
- Castro found out the plans of the CIA.
-Castro forces pinned the exiles on the Bay of pigs.
-

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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