Camelot and the Great Society

Nixon/Kennedy Debate

First televised debate Nixon not feeling well Kennedy just came off a

SOCAL campaign tourMake-up Debate

Those who watched it Kennedy

Those who listened Nixon

Kennedy wins election Narrowest victory in

modern times

Camelot

Kennedy’s bring style and glamour to White House Jackie wore the latest

fashions Women adored her

John was young and “vibrant”

Made the Presidency “Pretty”

Bay of Pigs

Began under Eisenhower CIA trained ex-Cuban

patriots would invade CubaKennedy gives the go

ahead Invasion begins 17 Aug

1961 Total failure

Air support never comes Planned rebellion never

takes placePrisoners finally freed for

tractors and corn

Operation Mongoose

CIA devised ways of taking Castro out Shaving off beard TNT in cigars Snipers MLB Scouts

Cuban Missile Crisis

14 Oct 1962 U2 Spy Plane takes photos

Analysis: Prep sites for nuclear ICBM missiles

Begins 13 days of fear Options

Military: Take out site Civilian: Blockade

Kennedy goes with this option Resolution

Russia promises no missiles in Cuba

US promises not to invade Cuba Also removes short range

missiles from Turkey The part of the story the rest

of the US didn’t know

Domestic Front

Starts space program known as NASA Land on moon in 1969

Starts Civil Rights Act Passed in 1964

Starts Peace Corps Millions of young men

and women serveLower Taxes

Sees prosperous economy

Foreign Front

Vienna Summit Kennedy and Kruschev

meet in June 1961 Failure for Kennedy

Cuba Bay and Crisis hurt his

imageVietnam

Increases “advisors” Ok’s the assassination of

DiemBerlin

Wall goes up Aug. 1961

Assassination

22 Nov 1963 Kennedy campaigns in Texas Makes stop in Dallas He is Shot

Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested Killed by Jack Ruby

Warren Commission Lone gun man

1976 Congressional investigation Oswald killed Kennedy

However there might have been another shooter

All files closed for 40 years!

Johnson Takes Office

Johnson takes the oath of office aboard Air Force One prior to take on return to Washington He becomes the 36th

President Mrs. Kennedy is still

wearing the clothes soaked with her husband blood

Voting Rights Act of 1964

Johnson continues Kennedy’s legacy on Civil Rights

2 July 1964 signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Law outlaws Jim Crow Southern Gov’s resist

LBJ threatens to withhold federal funds Gov’s back down

1964 Election

Democrat: LBJ Continues the campaign

message of Kennedy Focus on Domestic Front

Republican: Barry Goldwater Known as “Mr. Conservative” Supporters include: Future

presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. and Supreme Court Justice Rhenquist

LBJ uses Goldwater “tatical use of nuclear weapons” against him in an ad that ran only once Also attacks for his push for US

involvement in Vietnam LBJ wins in a landslide

LBJ’s “Great Society

During a campaign speech LBJ brings up the Great Society A strong domestic

focus Attack education, poor,

voting rights, conservation, urban renewal, etc.

1965 Voting Rights Act

Selma to Montgomery March 7-16, 1965 Attempt to bring attention

to voting discrimination Police tactics are brutal

Catches national attentionMarch 15 LBJ calls a

special session of Congress Wants a voting rights bill on

his deskAug. 6, 1965 LBJ signs the

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Outlaws voting restrictions Allows for federal observers

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Also known as the Hart-Celler Act

Signed by LBJ on Oct. 3, 1965 Ends quota system

that restricted immigration from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

LBJ is a former social studies teacher

Signs law in April 1965 Establishes Dept. of

Education Federal funds for

education Meant to eliminate

education gap Sets standards for

education

War on Poverty

Establishes Office of Economic Opportunity Initiates Welfare and

food stamps Urban renewal

projects Focus on education

opportunities Head Start

Health Care Reform

July 30, 1965 LBJ signs the Medicare Bill Establishes affordable

medical care for seniors

Follows with Medicaid Establishes medical

care for those in poverty

Gun Control

In response to JFK and the assassination of MLK Jr. and Robert Kennedy LBJ signs Gun Control Act of 1968 Gov’t regulation of gun

manufactures Regulate gun transfers

between states Illegal to sale guns to

convicted criminals

Space Program

LBJ continues JFK’s promise to land on moon before the end of the decade July 20, 1969 Apollo 11

lands on Moon Neil Armstrong is fist

human to set foot on surface

Derailed

Aug 17, 1964 In response to attack on USS Maddox LBJ signs Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Feb. 1965 150,000 Marines Land in Dan Nang, Vietnam

By 1966 LBJ is consumed by Vietnam

1967 the tide of support turns against war

1968 Tet Offensive breaks Johnson