Today, in class, we got on the computers and talked about our presidents web logs.
JFK ran against VP RIchard Nixon in 1960. It was the first occasion where presidential debates were aired on television. There were three reasons why people think JFK won:
-Televised Debates
-Kennedy looked younger and better, vs older, tired looking Nixon.
-Also, Former president Dwight Eisenhower didn't promote Nixon, which may be the biggest reason why JFK won.
"Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you."
Presidential Accomplishments.
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THe CIA helped the bew Ba'ath Party government overthrow communists in Iaq. This new party systematically murdered large numbers in Iraq's eduacated elite-killings in which Suddam Hussein himself is said to have participated. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963.
The New Frontier (Kennedy's "New Deal") He promised federal funding for:
1.Education
2. Medical care for elderly
3. Economic aid to rural regions
4. Gonverment intervention to halt the recession
5. End racial discrimination.
The Peace Corps was established in 1961 where Young Americans volunteer to help undeveloped nations in areas such as education, farming, health care and construction.
Signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a federal lw aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.
When they learned that Lee Harvey Oswald was guilty of the crime, a big investigation set in. They found the rifle he used, and it was licensed to some other dude (OSWALDS ALIAS). Oswald shot a policeman shortly after the crime, when the cop became suspicious of him.
Oswald later went to the Texas Theatre and watched a movie, but someone said that there's some fishy dude hanging out in there. He was caught (Resisted arrest) yet he claimed he didn't do it. He said he was the "patsy," where he became the fall guy and took the blame. Jack Ruby
The Warren Commission was the official investigation into the JFK Assassination. Earl Warren.
Magic Bullet Theory. one bullet like kills two people and comes out in prestine condition??????? Crazy.
Based on the recording of the assassination, it sounds like there are multiple gunmen. Later, it was found using better technology that the other sounds were not gunfire. The Three Tramps were something to do with watergate stuff. Richard Nixon MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. conspiracy.
The JFK Act mandated the gathering and opening of all records concerning the death of JFK.
LBJ Lyndon B Johnson. 36th president. JFK's vice president. took over after JFK was assassinated.
Achievements- Put together the Warren Commission.
Passed Civil RIghts of 1964, which outlawed most forms of racial segregation.
Passed voting rights of 1965, which outlawed discrimination in voting, thus allowing millions of southern blacks to vote for the first time.
He started affirmative action laws as well, which required businesses and colleges to hire and accept minorites, namely blacks.
He passed the Immigration Act of 1965 allowed more non-European people to immigrate, and the numbers double from 1965-1970
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