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New Frontier Speech
acceptance speech
Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
Reasured people who were weary of him -
Houston ministers' conference
stated the religious belief was not a problem
stated he wanted religious intolerance to end
very well articulated, captivating -
Kennedy Vs. Nixon
70 million viewers
Kennedy was more prepared and looked better
this launched the television age of politics
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Civil Rights
Had MLK jr. released from jail
believed in racial equality
caught the attention of African Americans and recieved key votes -
JFK victory
closest election since 1884
Kennedy won by less than 120,000 votes
"Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country"
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Bay of Pigs
1300 to 1500 Cuban exiles landed on the coast of Cuba
25,000 Cubans were waiting for the attack
Kennedy paid a ransom of 53 million dollars for our troops back -
Freedom Riders
Severely beaten
group of whites and blacks going to contest Congress ruling
their buses were burned for standing for racial equality -
Berlin Wall
a concrete wall divided Berlin
Divided between Communism and Democracy
This aggravated Cold War tensions even more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5JdY8ENfVg -
Cuban missile crisis
many weapons were flowing to Cuba
JFK warned Cuba of the missiles
The United States quarantined Cuba -
JFK assassination
JFK assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
JFK was going to mend the fence with some people in Dallas
Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in on the plane directly after
