John F. Kennedy
Shane Trovalli
The Election of 1960
The Election
Election: Ran Democratic
Election of 1960
Ran against:
Richard Nixon
Electoral College:
Kennedy: 303
Richard Nixon: 219
Popular Vote:
Kennedy: 34,220,984
Nixon: 34,108,157
States Carried:
Kennedy: 23
Nixon: 26
Issues Debated:
First Televised Debate
New Frontier
Foreign Policy
Many felt that due to the use of television and the collection of Kennedy he was able to beat Nixon. Radio viewers tended to support Nixon.
Nixon Kennedy Debates- first ever televised debates in American political history.
The Cold War.
The Cold War.
Bay Of Pigs Invasion- April 17-19, 1961- Kennedy attempted to send in military paratroopers to assist the militia in overthrowing Fidel Castro- this fails and the CIA failed to put Fidel Castro out of power and create a democracy in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis- Soviets had missiles placed in Cuba. These were aimed at the U.S.A.
Space Race- The Race with the soviets to show superiority of technology was shown through the race to the stars.
Building of the Berlin Wall- The split of a pro-democracy western Berlin and a pro-communist eastern Berlin.
Kennedy on Civil Rights.
Kennedy on Civil Rights.
- Martin Luther King was good friends with John F. Kennedy.
- Attempted to desegregate Universities to allow further cooperation between the races.
- Campaigned to Black Voters.
- Sent troops to suppress KKK riots and other uprisings that were caused by racial tensions.
- Executive order 10925- Government contractors could act solely upon the race of an employee.