JFK and the Cold War: policies and assassination

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J.F.K Profile

What were the reasons for Kennedy's election as president in 1960?

J.F.K was a very charismatic figure for America, being youthful, determined and 'good looking'

He narrowly defeated Vice President Richard Nixon, and presided over a nation during a time of great change with the 60's

What were Kennedy's policies? Were they popular or opposed?

Obviously he opposed communism, and he had an anti-communism foreign policy, civil rights legislation, the formation of peace corps, cuts on tax.

While anti-communism was widely agreed on in the time of the cold war, most of his policies were unpopular among the elderly, as they wanted no change.

Why did Kennedy visit Dallas?

-To help raise more Democratic Party presidential campaign funds

-To gain favour for re-election

-To gain favour with his least popular part of America, Texas and Dallas- due to the democratic party fighting among themselves

Sig. Events:

Berlin Wall:

Cuban-Missile Crisis:

Vietnam:

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Cold War: John F. Kennedy in Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis to Detente. John F. Kennedy(1917-1963) was the 35th president of the United States. Elected in 1960 at the age of 43, he became the youngest person ever to be voted into the White House. Kennedy served from 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

Communism: But In our efforts to contain the tide of Communist expansion, it would be a mistake to judge the Communist threat as primarily military, although it is Russian military prestige that has force & gives persua persuasion to her [illegible] to the beliefs of its political & economic doctrines.

Civil Rights: The Civil Rights Address was a speech on civil rights, delivered on radio and television by U.S. President John F. Kennedy from the Oval Office on June 11, 1963 in which he proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The address transformed civil rights from a legal issue to a moral one.

9: Kennedy's response to the following issues:

Communism:

Civil Rights:

Poverty:

Organised Crime:

10: Who opposed/hated Kennedy?

Mafia

CIA

FBI

Soviet Union

Republics

Southern States

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