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Richard Nixon (R)
John Kennedy (D) |
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| Presenter of the See It Now CBS TV program, made a documentary that helped break Senator McCarthy. |
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| Very liberal, TV station and newspaper owners no longer dictated the content of either, instead producers and journalists do as they wish. |
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| Nixon used this term to refer to ordinary Americans, to whom he appealed to as the press was constantly attacking him. |
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| Government official, suspected of being a communist; Nixon headed a committee that led to Hiss' arrest for being a Soviet spy. The media tried to defend Hiss against all evidence to misportray Nixon as a 'witchhunter'. |
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| JFK's father-made a family fortune by various means, both legal and illegal, bought an ambassadorship from FDR and made efforts to make one of his sons president. |
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Dr. Max Jacobsen/"Dr. Feelgood" |
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| Eventually lost his medical license, hired by JKF to treat the president's intolerable back pain. Was willing to inject steroids, animal cells, amphetamines, etc., caused JFK to be addicted to amphetamines. |
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1) The seriousness of his back problems and Addison's disease were concealed
2) Why England Slept and Profiles in Courage were written by established authors and speech writers, not JFK
3) JKF was not a war hero, father managed to get him a medal for rescuing a crew member |
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| The amount Kennedy gave to large families to buy their vote. |
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| Wrote a mass of articles published in magazines by intellectuals and authors, but crediting JFK. |
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| The Kennedy's religion-payed off Protestant ministers to play down the relgious issue. The Catholic vote won him the swing states of the North. |
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| JFK met with Sam Giancana, Chicago godfather, and made a deal to protect the mafia from federal investigations in order to fund his bribes and deals. |
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| Kennedy won the debates because Nixon wasn't made-up and looked like a used-car salesman...from the radio people thought Nixon had won. =( poor Nixon |
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| July 1969 landed Neil Armstron and Edwin Aldrin on the moon....Space Race with Russia, mostly propoganda and prestige. |
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| New York Times reporter, basically secured Cuba for Fidel Castro in 1959. |
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| Meant to defeat Castro; Castro was able to read about the planned attack in the newspapers...Kennedy failed to authorize the Essex to come to the stricken soldiers' aid onshore. |
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| Khrushchev armed Cuba with medium-range missiles targeting the US. In turn, Kennedy had Cuba quarantined and Soviet ships could not enter Cuba...Khrushchev removed the missiles with an agreement that the US would not invade Cuba. Kennedy was not nearly severe enough on Russia, should have demanded absolute restoration of the status quo ante. |
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| JFK's attempt to say that he was a citizen of freedom, a citizen of Berlin, but instead said 'I am a doughnut' |
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| Location of JFK's assassination on November 22, 1963 while riding in a motorcade in the downtown area campaigning for re-election by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
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| Assassinated JFK, killed two days later by a strip-joint owner, Jack Ruby. |
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| JFK's VP, sworn into office on Air Force One after Kennedy's assassination. A Texan, see political background on pg. 871. JFK protected him from the IRS sending him to prison for illegal campaign funds/fraud. |
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| Secretary to LBJ while a Senator, "the hundred and first Senator"; accused of improperly obtaining contracts for his firm...LBJ involved and JKF was considering dropping LBJ from from his 1964 ticket. Although protected by D party, later went to prison. |
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| LBJ's conception to improve the quality of life, namely the poor and blacks; included legislation: The Civil Rights Act, Medicare and Medicaid, The Omnibus Housing Act (low income housing), etc. |
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| Sponsored by the Office of Strategic Services to prevent the French from returning to Indochina; later US helped French to overthrow in order to gain French aid against Russia. |
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| French fortress surrendered...a cease-fire agreement came about in Geneva, dividing the country along the 17th parallel giving the north to the Communists and the south to the Western Powers |
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| Vietnam civilian leader who Kennedy blamed for the lack of succes in Vietnam and authorized support for a anti-Diem officers' coup resulting in Diem being murdered. |
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| US destroyer conducting electronic espionage was attacked by N. Vietnam, causing LBJ to become aggressive |
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| Religious or moral reasons why someone would refuse to be drafted. |
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| On the first day of Tet, a holiday previously regarded as a truce, Communist forces attacked five of Vietnam's six cities, all except one (Hue) were recaptured quickly. Very misportrayed by the media who turned an American victory into a major loss. |
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| Communist guerrilla forces |
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| Seven blacks and six whites test equal access to services at bus terminals |
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| Student-led opposition to the draft, authority of the President, authority of school officials....hippies |
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| From the famous state of South Dakota. Nixon's Democrat opponent in 1972. |
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| 7,000 word survey of American involvement in Vietnam leaked by Daniel Ellsberg to the New York Times, which resulted in serious security breaches |
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| An anti-leak unit formed after the publication of the Pentagon Papers...were caught breaking into Democrat Headquarters in the Watergate building. |
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| Nixon thought it was a joke when he read that the Plumbers had been caught at Watergate; it was clear he would win the election. The press, namely the Washington Post took advantage of this and published it widely. |
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John Sirica/ "Maximum John" |
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| Publicity-hungry judge gave Plumbers provisional life sentences to force them to give evidence against member of administration. Liddy was the only one who didn't comply, sentenced to 20 yrs. in a dangerous prison. |
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| Nixon's VP, accused of accepting kickbacks while governor of Maryland at the same time Nixon's recorded tapes were being investigated to mount an impeachment of the President. Resigned. |
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| October 1973 Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Yom Kippur, and although Nixon was being prosecuted against, he courageously cut through red tape and resupplied Israel's destroyed weaponry. |
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| First VP to be nominated by the President and confirmed by Congress in accordance with the 25th Amendment. |
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| Following Watergate, Nixon was accused by the articles of impeachment; decided in the best national interest to resign rather than go thru long process of impeachment trials |
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| Congress under Carter that passed a series of pollution and environment policies |
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| Georgia governor elected President in 1976 |
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| Governor of CA, elected President in 1980 and again in '84; right-wing Conservative that often used humor to surmise weighty situations; 'The Great Comforter' |
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