ppt肯尼迪 JohnFKennedy 介绍Introduction

1、An introduction of John. F.Kennedy He was the 35th President of the United States.EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATIONJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.In September 1931, Kennedy was sent to the The Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut for 9th

2、through 12th gradeIn June 1934, he was admitted to the Mrayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the ultimate diagnosis there was colitis.EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATIONIn September 1936, Kennedy enrolled at Harvard College, where he produced that years annual Freshman Smoker, called by a reviewer an elaborate

3、 entertainment, which included in its cast outstanding personalities of the radio, screen and sports world.In 1939, Kennedy toured Europe, the Soviet Union, the Balkans, and the Middle East in preparation for his Harvard senior honors thesis.MILITARY SERVICEIn September 1941, after medical disqualif

4、ication by the Army for his chronic lower back problems, Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy, with the influence of the director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, former naval attach to Joseph Kennedy. Kennedy was an ensign serving in the office of the Secretary of the Navy when the attack on Pearl Harb

5、or occurred. MILITARY SERVICEIn September 1941, after medical disqualification by the Army for his chronic lower back problems, Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy, with the influence of the director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, former naval attach to Joseph Kennedy. Kennedy was an ensign serving i

6、n the office of the Secretary of the Navy when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. CONGRESSIONAL CAREERU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (19471953)While Kennedy was still serving, his older brother, Joe Jr., was killed in action on August 12, 1944, while part of Operation Aphrodite. Since Joe Jr. had b

7、een the familys political standard-bearer, the task now fell to John.In 1946, U.S. Representative James Michael Curley vacated his seat in the strongly Democratic 11th Congressional district in Massachusettsat Joes urgingto become mayor of Boston. Kennedy ran for the seat, beating his Republican opp

8、onent by a large margin in November 1946.He served as a congressman for six years.U.S. SENATE (19531960)In the 1952 U.S. Senate election, Kennedy defeated incumbent Republican Henry Cabot Lodge II for the U.S. Senate seat. The following year, he married Jacqueline Bouvier.In 1958, Kennedy was re-ele

9、cted to a second term in the Senate, defeating his Republican opponent, Boston lawyer Vincent J. Celeste, CONGRESSIONAL CAREER1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION肯尼迪相信，由于他的年轻、天主教的信仰、来自民主党内领导人的有限支持以及自己身体方面的疑问，都表明他无法在1960年有把握地竞选总统。事实上，肯尼迪觉得这件事本身就是一种前所未有的政治能力的表现。虽然在美国历史上曾有一小批候选人在不到50岁入主白宫，但还没有谁在43岁就登上总统宝座。在威廉麦金莱

10、总统遇刺后，时年42岁的西奥多罗斯福继任了总统职务，但他在1904年竞选连任的时候已经46岁了。更重要的是，历史上只有一位天主教徒竞选过总统1928年的阿尔史密斯，并且他惨败在赫伯特胡佛的手下。尽管如此，肯尼迪仍宣布他有意在1960年大选中竞选美国总统。1960年1月2日，星期六，肯尼迪在参议院秘密会议厅里向300名支持者正式宣布竞选总统。4月5日，在威斯康星州的初选中，肯尼迪获得了56.5%、总计476 024张选票，为该州57年来候选人在初选中获得的最多票数。而且肯尼迪在10个地区中赢得了6个地区的多数票，从而赢得了该州60%的大会代表。在1960年11月8日举行的大选中，肯尼迪以极其微弱

11、的优势战胜了尼克森。PRESIDENCY (19611963)John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president at noon on January 20, 1961. In his inaugural address he spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens, famously saying, Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. He as

12、ked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.ASSASSINATIONPresident Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 pm Central Standard Time on Friday November 22, 1963, while on a political trip to Texas to smooth over frictions in the Democratic Party between liberals Ralph Yarborou