JFK Becomes President!
Chapter 27 Section 5
Out with the Old, In with the New?
Eisenhower
JFK
Bye Everybody, I’m out!
What helped to determine the
outcome of the 1960s election?
John F. Kennedy (Democrat) against Richard
Nixon (Republican and Eisenhower’s VP)
• Televised debates!
JFK vs. Nixon
JFK’s Presidency: An Overview
• Please go to the Miller Center for Presidential
Studies and complete the chart on your
worksheet looking at:
– The New Frontier and its obstacles
– Successes and failures of the Kennedy
Administration
– The legacy of JFK’s Administration