The Rise of Kennedy
The U-2 Incident, 1960
- Elected 35th President after Eisenhower's two terms
- Wins 1960 election, 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
The U-2 Incident, 1960
- USSR shoots down American spy plane known as a U-2 (Pilot Gary Powers taken prisoner)
- High altitude planes had flown over Russia taking pictures for years
- With introduction of Rocket missiles they were able to shoot one down
- Russian walk out of a summit conference in Paris