Today we continued with our president presentations.
John F. Kennedy(35th) 1961-1963
- Born in Massachusetts
- Had scarlet fever
- Lots of illnesses
- Wrote a book called "Why England Slept"
- Graduated from Harvard
- Served in WW2
- In the Navy
- Was a very nice guy
- Advanced to Senate
- 43- youngest to have been elected to office
- 2nd youngest president
Election
- JFK vs Richard Nixon
- JFK won slightly
- Promised he would get America moving again
- Nixon promised he would continue peace and prosperity
Accomplishments
- New Frontier- promised funding for education, medical care for the elderly, economic aid to rural regions, and government intervention to halt the recession of the time
- Abolished the federal death penalty
- Signed executive orders prohibiting racial discrimination and laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Initiated Project Apollo as the first manned expedition to the Moon
Not in US Accomplishments
- Signed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in order to limit nuclear test by nuclear powers
- Began American involvement in Vietnam as a means of staunching communist expansion in Southeast Asia
- Created the Peace Corps, in which Americans would volunteer to help underdevelopment nations in areas such as education, farming health care, and construction
Assassination
- Kennedy was shot at 12:29 pm by Lee Harvey Oswald
- Shot on Elm. Street
- Brought to Parkman Memorial Hospital
- Governor Connally hit by the same bullet
- James Tague was a bystander
- Many people thought Oswald had more people working with him
- 30% thought Oswald did it alone
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