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Lesson 4 Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy Lead-in Questions Who is John F.Kennedy? What is an inaugural address? What is the international situation in the 60s last century? Name: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Nation:American Birthdates:1917.5.29 Birth Place:Massachusetts Brookline Career: politician , the 35th president of U.S. Graduate college:Harvard university Party: Democratic Party Death date:1963.11.22 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Born in Kennedy family, the royal family in USA; Join in the army during world war and won Navy and Marine Corps Medal; In the general election on November 8, 1960, Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. At the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected President and the first Catholic. Do You Know? He was a decorated naval officer in World War II. He received the Pulitzer Prize（普利策奖） for his book, “Profiles in Courage”（勇者的侧影） He served exactly 1,000 days in office. He was the first president born in the 20th century and the youngest president ever elected. He is the only Roman Catholic president. He could read 1600 words a minute. John Fitzgerald Kennedy contributions: 1. His most important act was his successful demand on Oct.22. 1962 that the Soviet Union dismantle its missile bases in Cuba. 2. He established a quarantine of arms shipments to Cuba and continued surveillance by air. 3. He defied Soviet attempts to force the Allies out of Berlin. John Fitzgerald Kennedy contributions: 4. He made the steel industry rescind a price rise. 5. He backed a civil rights b a mental health program c arbitration of railroad disputes d expanded medical care for the aged e astronaut flights and satellite orbiting President Kennedy’s legislative program to provide medical care for the elderly…. To aid education To increase international aid…. To promote civil rights Peace Corps The Shot in Dallas