Standard - SSUSH23 :The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments...
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Standard - SSUSH23 :The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970. ( c ) Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; include the impact of civil rights legislation.
Standard - SSUSH23 :The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970. ( c ) Describe the political impact
Standard - SSUSH23 :The student will describe and assess the
impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970. ( c )
Describe the political impact of the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy; include the impact of civil rights legislation.
Standard - SSUSH23 :The student will describe and assess the impact
of political developments between 1945 and 1970. ( c ) Describe the
political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy;
include the impact of civil rights legislation.
Slide 3
The Kennedy Years 1960-1963
Slide 4
THE KENNEDY NIXON DEBATE Vice President Richard Nixon and
Senator John Kennedy participated in a televised debate from a CBS
television studio in Chicago. Individuals who watched the debate
felt that Kennedy won the debate, those who listened to it on the
radio felt that Nixon won. The television showed Kennedy as a young
tanned handsome charismatic man. Nixon looked tired and
strained.
Slide 5
The Presidential election of 1960 John Kennedy was only 43
years old and a Roman Catholic. No Catholic had ever been elected
to President The electoral vote had Kennedy with 303 votes to
Nixons 219 votes. Kennedy came into office without a mandate or
strong support from the public. What do you think not having strong
public support did for policies that Kennedy might want to endorse?
Congress at times will not find it necessary to support the ideas
and policies of an incoming President if the majority of the public
did not show that they were in full support of the candidate.
Kennedy went into office with three main agendas he wanted to get
through Congress: Improve the economy, assist the poor, and speed
up the space program.
Slide 6
My Fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country Kennedy proposed a large tax
cut over three years. Kennedy believed that the extra cash in the
taxpayers wallet would stimulate the economy. The proposal was
stuck in Congress Kennedy wanted to create federal education aid
and medical care for the elderly Both plans failed in Congress
However, Congress did pass an increase in the minimum wage, out
lawed the poll tax, Equal Pay Act, and added to the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938.
Slide 7
The Executive Orders To get around the Congressional blockage
President Kennedy decided to use executive orders. 1. High quality
food for unemployed 2. Boosted the missile program 3. Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty 4. Trade Expansion Act ( encourage free trade) 5.
Federal program to address juvenile delinquency 6. Creation of
national Seashore Parks 7. Protection against untested drugs 8.
Retirement age at 62 9. Construction of nuclear energy plants.
Slide 8
One Small step for man one giant leap for mankind May 5, 1961,
the United States sent Alan Shepard into space for a 15 minute ride
up to an altitude of 115 miles. On May 25, President Kennedy issued
a challenge to the nation. He wanted to land a man on the moon
before the decade was over. This would be achieved but President
Kennedy would not live long enough to see it. On May 25, President
Kennedy issued a challenge to the nation. He wanted to land a man
on the moon before the decade was over. This would be achieved but
President Kennedy would not live long enough to see it. April 1961,
The Soviet Union announced that Yuri Gagarin had circled the Earth
on a Soviet spacecraft.
Slide 9
Slide 10
Black Friday John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated November
22,1963, President John Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a
motorcade in Dallas, Texas. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from
the sixth floor of a School Book Depository. President Kennedy was
rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where doctor pronounced him
dead at 1:00 P.M. The nation was in a state of shock. We needed
something to make this tragedy right. President Johnson took the
agenda that President Kennedy wanted, which had previously been
rejected by Congress and pushed them through. Johnson used the
phrase Great Society to describe the dream. The Great Society
programs included poverty relief, education aid, healthcare, voting
rights, conservation and beautification projects, and economic
relief.