The Rise of John F. Kennedy
-"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
-Elected 35th president after Eisenhower's two terms
-Wins 1960 elections, begins 1961 with Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson
-Defeats Richard Nixon
-Youngest president at 43
-First and only catholic president
-Advocate of the space race
-Elected 35th president after Eisenhower's two terms
-Wins 1960 elections, begins 1961 with Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson
-Defeats Richard Nixon
-Youngest president at 43
-First and only catholic president
-Advocate of the space race
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy
-John F. Kennedy
summary
The political landscape was changing when JFK reached Washington. World War II was over, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt was dead. President Harry Truman was doing his best to expand the liberal social programs of his predecessor, but he faced staunch opposition from a coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans, who anticipated winning the White House in the 1948 election.