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New Frontier Speech
-Term he used to get America to support him
-The phrase shaped his administration's programs -
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JFK Administration
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Houston Ministers' Conference
-Spoke about how Catholicism would effect his presidency
-Explained how he would support freedom of religion, as is stated in the Constitution -
JFK Debates Richard Nixon
-First nationally televised presidential debate
-JFK won more votes because he looked better -
Cuban Missle Crisis
-Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba, weclomed the Soviet Union into his country
-The Soviets brought nuclear weapons, and Kennedy wouldn't stand for it -
JFK Wins Presidential Election
-Defeated Republican candidate Richard Nixon
-Youngest and first Catholic president elected -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
-Eisenhower Administration ordered the invasion of Cuba
-JFK ordered this operation two days after his election
-Invasion failed miserably, embarassment to him -
Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
-Freedom Riders were those in support of civil rights
-The KKK slashed and bombed bus tires -
Berlin Wall is Created
-Was created b/c too many eastern Germans were trying to escape into west Germany
-A wall made out of concrete was made to seperate the two -
JFK Addresses Civil Rights
-Encourages all Americans to achieve social equality
-Schools were desegregated as a result -
JFK is Assassinated
-Assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn into office
