Tuesday May 6

JFK

  • born may 28 1917 in Brooklyn, ma
  • 3 brothers and 5 sisters
  • went to private school for boys
  • attended Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and abroad
  • father was Joseph Kennedy
  • wanted to go into the army but couldn't because of back problems
  • he go into the navy
  • seat in the senate
  • Almost vice president in 1956
  • Democrat in 1960 election against Richard Nixon
  • once of the closest election ever
  • established the peace corps
  1. march 1,1961
  2. characteristics/requirements
  3. sargent shrivers
  • bay of pigs
  1. trained cubans against castro to fight
  • civil rights acts
  1. Martin luther king Jr
  2. public transportation
  3. first african american goes to college
  4. NAACP
  • gideon vs wainwright
  1. 1963
  2. right to attorney
  • nuclear test ban treaty
  1. banned in under water, in space and in atmosphere
  2. underground nuclear test
  • scandals
  1. marilyn monroe
  • white house restoration
  1. jackie led the restoration
  • man on the moon
  1. had a goal of putting a man on the moon (John Glen)
  • international trade
  1. wanted to reduce imports
  • assassination
  1. November 22, 1963
  2. Dallas Texas
  3. his objective was to go to a parade for a lunch-in
  4. Lee Harvery Oswald killed him
  5. Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald
  6. Lyndon Johnson was sworn in later   
  • legacy
  1. JFK was an excellent president who showed his are for progress in our country
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