Kennedy-
- Born in Massachusetts
- Had scarlet fever, diphtheria, appendicitis, whooping cough, asthma
- Wrote book called Why England Slept
- Graduated from Harvard in 1940
- Served in WW2
- Hero in WW2
- Democratic congressman from Boston
- Married Jacqueline
- Back Surgery
- 2nd youngest president after Teddy Roosevelt
- Only Roman Catholic President
Election:
- November 8, 1960
- JFK won 303 to 219 electoral votes
- JFK promised to "Get America Moving Again"
- Nixon promised to continue "Peace and Prosperity"
Popularity:
- JFK had a 70.1% rating
- People liked him
Accomplishments:
- New Frontier, Promised federal funding for education, medical for the elderly, economic aid to rural regions
- Abolished Federal Death Penalty
- Prohibited racial discrimination
- Groundwork for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Initiated Project Apollo as the first manned expedition to the moon
- Created Peace Corps- help 3rd world countries
- Signed Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- Creation of security ties with Israel
Assassination:
- Shot at noon by Lee Harvey Oswald
- Shot on Elm St.
- Brought to Parkman Memorial Hospital
- Governor Connally hit by the same bullet
- Oswald shot officer Tippit
- While being escorted to court Jack Ruby shot Oswald
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