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Camelot and the Great Society
Nixon/Kennedy Debate
First televised debate Nixon not feeling well Kennedy just came off a
SOCAL campaign tourMake-up Debate
Those who watched it Kennedy
Those who listened Nixon
Kennedy wins election Narrowest victory in
modern times
Camelot
Kennedy’s bring style and glamour to White House Jackie wore the latest
fashions Women adored her
John was young and “vibrant”
Made the Presidency “Pretty”
Bay of Pigs
Began under Eisenhower CIA trained ex-Cuban
patriots would invade CubaKennedy gives the go
ahead Invasion begins 17 Aug
1961 Total failure
Air support never comes Planned rebellion never
takes placePrisoners finally freed for
tractors and corn
Operation Mongoose
CIA devised ways of taking Castro out Shaving off beard TNT in cigars Snipers MLB Scouts
Cuban Missile Crisis
14 Oct 1962 U2 Spy Plane takes photos
Analysis: Prep sites for nuclear ICBM missiles
Begins 13 days of fear Options
Military: Take out site Civilian: Blockade
Kennedy goes with this option Resolution
Russia promises no missiles in Cuba
US promises not to invade Cuba Also removes short range
missiles from Turkey The part of the story the rest
of the US didn’t know
Domestic Front
Starts space program known as NASA Land on moon in 1969
Starts Civil Rights Act Passed in 1964
Starts Peace Corps Millions of young men
and women serveLower Taxes
Sees prosperous economy
Foreign Front
Vienna Summit Kennedy and Kruschev
meet in June 1961 Failure for Kennedy
Cuba Bay and Crisis hurt his
imageVietnam
Increases “advisors” Ok’s the assassination of
DiemBerlin
Wall goes up Aug. 1961
Assassination
22 Nov 1963 Kennedy campaigns in Texas Makes stop in Dallas He is Shot
Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested Killed by Jack Ruby
Warren Commission Lone gun man
1976 Congressional investigation Oswald killed Kennedy
However there might have been another shooter
All files closed for 40 years!
Johnson Takes Office
Johnson takes the oath of office aboard Air Force One prior to take on return to Washington He becomes the 36th
President Mrs. Kennedy is still
wearing the clothes soaked with her husband blood
Voting Rights Act of 1964
Johnson continues Kennedy’s legacy on Civil Rights
2 July 1964 signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Law outlaws Jim Crow Southern Gov’s resist
LBJ threatens to withhold federal funds Gov’s back down
1964 Election
Democrat: LBJ Continues the campaign
message of Kennedy Focus on Domestic Front
Republican: Barry Goldwater Known as “Mr. Conservative” Supporters include: Future
presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. and Supreme Court Justice Rhenquist
LBJ uses Goldwater “tatical use of nuclear weapons” against him in an ad that ran only once Also attacks for his push for US
involvement in Vietnam LBJ wins in a landslide
LBJ’s “Great Society
During a campaign speech LBJ brings up the Great Society A strong domestic
focus Attack education, poor,
voting rights, conservation, urban renewal, etc.
1965 Voting Rights Act
Selma to Montgomery March 7-16, 1965 Attempt to bring attention
to voting discrimination Police tactics are brutal
Catches national attentionMarch 15 LBJ calls a
special session of Congress Wants a voting rights bill on
his deskAug. 6, 1965 LBJ signs the
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Outlaws voting restrictions Allows for federal observers
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Also known as the Hart-Celler Act
Signed by LBJ on Oct. 3, 1965 Ends quota system
that restricted immigration from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
LBJ is a former social studies teacher
Signs law in April 1965 Establishes Dept. of
Education Federal funds for
education Meant to eliminate
education gap Sets standards for
education
War on Poverty
Establishes Office of Economic Opportunity Initiates Welfare and
food stamps Urban renewal
projects Focus on education
opportunities Head Start
Health Care Reform
July 30, 1965 LBJ signs the Medicare Bill Establishes affordable
medical care for seniors
Follows with Medicaid Establishes medical
care for those in poverty
Gun Control
In response to JFK and the assassination of MLK Jr. and Robert Kennedy LBJ signs Gun Control Act of 1968 Gov’t regulation of gun
manufactures Regulate gun transfers
between states Illegal to sale guns to
convicted criminals
Space Program
LBJ continues JFK’s promise to land on moon before the end of the decade July 20, 1969 Apollo 11
lands on Moon Neil Armstrong is fist
human to set foot on surface
Derailed
Aug 17, 1964 In response to attack on USS Maddox LBJ signs Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Feb. 1965 150,000 Marines Land in Dan Nang, Vietnam
By 1966 LBJ is consumed by Vietnam
1967 the tide of support turns against war
1968 Tet Offensive breaks Johnson