Ch. 27.2 notes

1. The Kennedy Years

2. Camelot
•The White House became a showplace for a young, healthy,
vital family.
•“The Royalty of America”

4. Jackie Kennedy had a certain style…
Everyone woman wanted to copy her dress, her
hair, her “look.” She was America’s princess.

5. Jackie’s White House became
a castle…
Jackie restored the White house using historical pieces, either
owned by past presidents or from certain periods. She then
gave a TV tour!

6. Jackie spoke French, was cultured, and did much work
with and without her husband in building solid
foreign relations.

7. Asked Congress to reduce taxes to
fight unemployment…Congress
said, “NO!”
Kennedy did raise minimum
wage from $1.00 an hour to
$1.25 an hour!
Area Redevelopment Act did provide
federal money and training to help
unemployed in areas with high levels
of unemployment

8. JFK asked Congress for federal aid for
education and health care for the
elderly…Congress again said, “NO!”

9. Steel Industry
•The steel industry was raising prices
•JFK asked them to lower prices, but they refused
•JFK cancelled all government contracts for steel and worked against them in the media
•Steel industry forced to lower prices

10. JFK was focused on the
space race; his goal was
achieved, although not in
his lifetime.

11. •1953-1969; One of the most influential courts
•Chief Justice Warren was one of most liberal Supreme
Court Justices; conservatives didn’t like him!

12. Warren Court made it possible to desegregate public
schools!! Landmark case; conservative Southern
Republicans had to be convinced in the 50s

13. Search warrants required at local,
state, and federal level now
Suspects must be told their rights before
interrogation (Be quiet! Get a lawyer!)
These “liberal” changes
happened under the
Warren Court!!!

14. No more prayers in public schools
Courts must appoint
lawyer for poor people

15. •In Texas for re-election campaign…shot and killed in
open-top limo
•Nation in shock…everyone remembers what they
were doing

16. •Lee Harvey Oswald arrested for the murder; he is killed
on his way from jail to court two days later by Jack Ruby
(Mafia member)
•Many suspect a conspiracy…new President LBJ assigns
the Warren Commission to investigate
•10 month investigation results in Oswald being pinned
for acting alone in crime

17. •Cliff1066. Earl Warren, 1963 by Emil Jean Kosa, Jr., Oil on Canvas. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 26 Aug. 2008. Web. 10 May
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•Cliff 1066. Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin. 2008. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 27 Aug. 2008. Web. 10 May 2012.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2873295400/>.
•Donovan, Michael. Birthday. 1963. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 29 May 1963. Web. 09 May 2012.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmcnab/3867489308/>.
•Halloween visitors with the President. President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy. White House, Oval Office.
Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. # ST-C372-6-
63 31 October 1963 . Public domain.
•Kheel Center, Cornell University. Pickets Protest Unemployment Policies in Scranton, March 15, 1964. Photograph. Flickr.
Flickr. 04 Oct. 2010. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kheelcenter/5279085921/>.
•Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorneys. Los-Angeles-California-Personal-Injury-L Awyers-3. 2011. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 6
June 2011. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/62233881@N04/5806489408/>.
•Old Shoe Woman. LIR Class - Tour of Valdosta Police Headquarters. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 30 Sept. 2011. Web. 10 May
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•Pacholak, Krzysztof. School. 2011. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 04 Aug. 2011. Web. 10 May 2012.
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•Poulialler, Le Petit. 1963 President Kennedy Assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald Shot. 2010. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr.com. 6
Feb. 2010. Web. 9 May 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/three_french_hens/4336110936/>.
•President JOHN F. KENNEDY, special message to a joint session of Congress on urgent national needs, May 25, 1961.Public
Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, pp. 404, 405.

18. •Roberthuffstutter. STEEL MILLS OF AMERICA. 2010. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 01 Apr. 2010. Web. 10 May 2012.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/huffstutterrobertl/4481956056/>.
•Sacheverelle. Mrs. Kennedy's Trip to India. Udaipur, Rajasthan, Cruise on Lake Pichola, March 17, 1962. 2008.
Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 11 July 2008. Web. 09 May 2012.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/sacheverelle/2659496938/>.
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Thesmuggler--Night of the Swallow. John F. Kennedy, wife Jacqueline and daughter Caroline. 2003. Photograph.
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•TravelKS. Brown vs Board of Education Historic Site. 2012. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 18 Feb. 2012. Web. 10 May
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•United Nations Photo. Elderly Timorese in Suai Loro. 2008. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 10 May
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•US Embassy New Delhi. A Look Back: Family Life in the White House. 2011. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 26 Aug.
2011. Web. 09 May 2012. http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/6081253141/
•US Embassy New Delhi. A Look Back: Family Life in the White House. 2011. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 26 Aug.
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•US Embassy New Delhi. JFK-JLN2. 2011. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 25 Jan. 2011. Web. 09 May 2012.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/5386861200/>.

19. •US Embassy New Delhi. President John F. Kennedy. 2006. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 18 Aug. 2006. Web.
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•US Embassy New Delhi. President John F. Kennedy. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr. 25 Jan. 2011. Web. 09
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