John F. Kennedy

Examples of John F. Kennedy in the following topics:

• The Election of 1960

  • The 1960 election was a close race in which Senator John F.
  • The Republican Party nominated Richard Nixon, Eisenhower's Vice-President, while the Democrats nominated John F.
  • Kennedy, a Senator from Massachusetts.
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• The John F. Kennedy Administration

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  • Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States on January 20, 1961.
  • Kennedy called his domestic program the "New Frontier."
  • Kennedy is also known for the expansion of the U.S. space program.

• Federal Intervention

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  • However, between 1960 and 1963, many of the initiatives that occurred during President John F.
  • During his presidential campaign, John F.
  • After the violent turn of events, President John F.
  • Throughout this time, both Robert Kennedy and John F.

• Kennedy's Assassination

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  • Kennedy was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
  • He was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas governor John Connally, and Governor Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade.
  • He was charged with the murders of President Kennedy and Dallas police officer J.D.

• New Approaches to the Developing World

  • The foreign policies of the John F.
  • Kennedy continued to try to persuade Nasser to pull out his troops.
  • According to Nigerian diplomat Samuel Ibe, "with Kennedy there were sparks"; the Prime Minister of Sudan Ibrahim Abboud, cherishing a hunting rifle Kennedy gave him, expressed the wish to go on safari with Kennedy.
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  • John and Jackie Kennedy, along with Côte d'Ivoire President Félix Houphouët-Boigny and his wife, at a state dinner in the White House, 1962.

• Civil Rights and Voting Rights

  • The Act was initiated by President John F.
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  • In late November of 1963, the assassination of John F.
  • Kennedy changed the political situation.

• The Ford Inauguration

  • In 2001, the John F.
  • Kennedy Library Foundation awarded the John F.
  • Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Ford for his pardon of Nixon.
  • In presenting the award to Ford, Senator Ted Kennedy said that he had initially been opposed to the pardon of Nixon, but later stated that history had proved Ford to have made the correct decision.

• "The Hour of Maximum Danger"

  • Thus, a dominant premise during the Kennedy years was the need to contain communism at any cost.
  • On June 4, 1961, Kennedy met with USSR leader Khrushchev at the Vienna Summit .
  • Senate ratified this and Kennedy signed it into law in October 1963.
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  • Kennedy meeting Nikita Khrushchev at the Vienna Summit in June, 1961.

• 1968: The Year of Upheaval

  • In the spring, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F.
  • Just two months later, on June 5th, 1968, Robert F.
  • RFK, as he was often known, was the brother of the former president John F.
  • As a presidential candidate, Kennedy's platform far outstripped that of his brother, John F.
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• The Election of 1964

  • Johnson had held the office for nearly one year following the assassination of his predecessor, John F.
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  • The 1964 election campaigns proceeded against the backdrop of the tragic death of President Kennedy, assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
  • The loss of the charismatic Kennedy was notably shocking and upsetting to his supporters, while opposition candidates faced the awkward position of running against the policies of a slain president.