John Fitzgerald Kennedy

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

(1917-1963)

FAMILY LIFE

• BORN: MAY 29, 1917 IN BROOKLYN, MASSACHUSETTS

• NAME: „JACK”• FATHER: JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY• GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: IMMIGRANTS (LEFT

IRELAND) WELL-KNOW POLITICIAN• SICK: SCARLET FEVER, DANGEROUS

DISEASE READING• BROTHERS AND SISTERS• YEARS IN SCHOOLS• UNIVERSITY• NAVY

AS A POLITICIAN…

• EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• 1946: FIRST ELECTION DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN (SERVED: 6 YEARS)

• UNITED STATE SENATE• HELP PEOPLE AND FOCUS ON FAMILY• WIFE: JACQUELINE BOUVIER

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• 1960: RAN FOR PRESIDENT• DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHOSE HIM AS THEIR

CANDIDATE FOR A PRESIDENT (OPPONENT: RICHARD M. NIXON)

• YOUNGEST PRESIDENT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=7DOUINXH6_0

• INAUGURAL ADRESS “ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO

FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.” HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=JLDA1IKKOEC

1960’S• DURING HIS PRESIDENCY: USA WAS IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE COLD WAR WITH THE SOVIET UNION

• NUCLEAR BOMBS AND MISSILES• CUBAN MISSILES CRISIS (1962)• WORK WITH SOVIET UNION• ASTRONAUTICS

• BETTER ROCKETS• TRAINING ASTRONAUTS AND SENDING

THEM CLOSER• JULY 20, 1969 – NEIL ARMSTRONG

SEGREGATION• BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS• WRONG: BLACK PEOPLE NOT ALLOWED

TO ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOLS AS WHITE PEOPLE

• NEGOTIATIONS TO TRY TO END THIS UNFAIR SEPARATIONS

• NEW LAW FOR CIVIL RIGHTS• SPEECH ON THE TV (HTTPS://

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=7BEHKGOA86U)

ASSASSINATION• HTTPS://

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=Z02HRTFC-8E• NOVEMBER 22, 1963, IN DEALEY

PLAZA, DALLAS, TEXAS• PERPETRATOR: LEE HARVEY OSVALD (OTHER

GUNMAN)• HTTPS://

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=R6PCVCQG3TG

• RESULT OF CONSPIRACY• THE NEWS SHOCKED THE NATION

• YOUNG AND ENEGETIC• CHANGE THE WORLD

SOURCES

• HTTP://WWW.JFKLIBRARY.ORG/~/MEDIA/ASSETS/EDUCATION%20AND%20PUBLIC%20PROGRAMS/EDUCATION/MATERIALS/JFKPICTUREBOOK.PDF

• WWW.YOUTUBE.COM