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Elections of John F. Kennedy
- He had a lack of experince in foregin affairs
- He won the ecetion for Democrats
- Kennedy didn't reach the votes rquired until Wyoming entered
- JFK wanted the U.S to end communism
- The elcetion was one of the closest in U.S history
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Assignment 4 Part B : 1960's
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Assaination of JFK
- He was killed as he rose through Dealey Plaza
- A crowd stood outside his hotel the night before and he said inspiring speechs
- Gun shots fired around 12:30pm when a huge crowd was waving to him
- Bullets hit his neck and head as he died infront of his wife
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First American into space
- Alan B Shepard JR launched his Freedom 7 capsule a top a Mercury-Redstone rocket into space
- He orbited around space for 15 minutes
- NASA wanted to keep space efforts up to date with the Soviets man made satellite in 1957
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Cuban Missile Crisis
- The world was scared because they wanted a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile
- A U.S spy plane saw that the Soviets had been building missiles
- Kennedy placed a blockcade of ships around Cuba to protect the U.S
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The Tonkin Gulf Incident
- This helped American be involved in the Vietnam War
- After the death of JFK Johnson was worried about South Vietnam and the communist
- They had to cruise international waters to see if other countries were operating
- The U.S instructed Desoto patrols off North Vietnam
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Assassination of Malcom X
- He inspired young African-Americans who felt like the cvil rights weren't accomlishing anything for them
- He made the movement world wide instead of just in the south
- Malcom was a black minister and he was killed by 3 people
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The Tet Offensive
- It was a series of surprise attacks by the rebel forces of North Vietnam
- North Vietnamese leaders didn't think they could loose that many men due to Americans
- They felt they could win with their military, but their leader was dying and America thought it was all a failure
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
- He ran for U.S senator
- He was killed during his run for presidency
- Kennedy ran against McCarthy
- Sirhan Sirhan shot him several times in a hotel in Los Angeles
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Democratic National Convention in Chicago
- It had a lot of protest activity
- Protesters wanted to come to the convention to ruin it and make changes
- They fought in streets for 8 days while the convention still went on
- The purpose was to nominate a new president to run for election
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Landing of man on the moon
- Apollo 11 was the 1st manned mission to land on the moon
- It was a space craft to land
- The 1st man made object landed on the moon was the Soviets Luna 2 mission
