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JFK Delivers "New Frontier" Speech
It was his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention.
Fed off of civil rights, womens rights, and welfare for those who need it to get the nation to back him -
JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
Showed the nation that JFK was a Catholic.
Speech was on religious freedom and tolerance, the seperation of Church and state, and the influence being Catholic had on him. -
JFK Debates Richard Nixon on Television
First ever televised presidential debate.
The debate centered on domestic issues. -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
Beat Richard Nixon with 303 electoral votes to Nixon's 219.
Had a more successful campaign than Nixon did using a better political strategy. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
CIA trained group of Cuban exiles tried to invade Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro.
The invasion was unsuccessful and tensions between Cuba and the US mounted. -
Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
Civil rights activists who rode segregated buses to encourage the segregation of everything.
Buses were blocked by the KKK and all riders were beaten severely. -
Berlin Wall Is Constructed
Constructed by German Democratic Republic to cut off West Berlin from East Germany and East Berlin.
Main purpose was to stop people from emigrating into East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US found out the Soviets were building nuclear missile bases in Cuba.
They blockaded Cuba and nuclear war was threatened. -
Kennedy Addresses the Nation About Civil Rights
Protests were becoming a big deal, JFK acted upon it.
He called on the nation to honor its finest traditions and proposed a civil rights bill -
JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
He was riding in a motorcade next to his wife in a convertible.
Lee Harvey Oswald shot him with a sniper rifle from a building window.
