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Objective 8.1- Kennedy's New Frontier

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how much a the toe struggles are all over there is no longer an American frontier  put the problems are not allowed and the battle of the not all one and we and today on the edge of a new frontier the frontier of the 1960 the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils the frontier of on-field hopes and on field trips  what the New Frontier High Speed who's not a set of promise it is a set of challenges what I intend to offer the American call pawpaw I intend to ask of them it's 1960 and it's time for the American voters to choose a new leader for the next the presidential election of 1960 featured two incredibly strong candidates Democrat John F Kennedy versus Republican Richard and Nixon turn it was the United States senator from the state of Massachusetts he was the son of a wealthy irish-catholic family it always been involved in politics he was incredibly charismatic an inspiring speaker what is a pointed saw him is too young to an experienced and he was Catholic no Catholic could ever been elected president before and many Americans fear that a Catholic cat it would be heavily influenced by the Pope in the Vatican this would be an issue that Kennedy would have to battle the entire election Nixon was the current Vice President of the United States under President Eisenhower he was the son of a poor Quaker family from California he had solid foreign policy experience and he also had success hunting down Communists as a senator during them happy Erickson didn't appeal to voters the way that Kennedy did he was in his charismatic he was in his Charming or is good-looking his Kennedy but he hoped the ride the popularity Impreza Eisenhower all the way to the White House John F Kennedy defeats Nixon by 119000 votes that's less than 0.1% of the United States population two factors led to JFK's elections debates 70 million voters watch JFK vs Nixon debate on TV what's was the first time in history that a debate was held on TV during the debate Kennedy look better spoke better and appeared more presidential kind of society we have the kind of strength we build in the United States will be the defense of freedom play the tenor to Kennedy has said many of us can agree with another Factory African American October call her Nixon did nothing  on January 20th 1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is an play the 35th President of the United States is inaugural address is one of the most iconic speeches in all of American History he announces to the world that the American government an American society is now driven by a younger generation Who has fought World War II and is ready to preserve Liberty in any cost from this time and place to friend and foe alike that the torch has been passed to a new generation Americans let every nation know  whether it wishes us well or ill  that we Scout pay any price bear any burden meet any hardship support any friend oppose any foe to ensure the survival and the success of Liberty  is the call of a service in he asked the American people to give back to their country instead of expecting something from it what's your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country speech sets the tone for the Kennedy administration Chinese administration is often referred to as Camelot Arthur which was ruled by Lords and Ladies and the Knights of the Round Table in books Camelot was a wonderful place because the future was always optimistic and anything seemed possible under the leadership of King Arthur white King Arthur John F Kennedy stop handsome charismatic at a great leader at his side was JFK's wife Jacqueline Kennedy Jackie became the biggest fashion I when the United States history East Coast family skip taste and education John Jackie and their two young children Caroline and John Junior where the image of a perfect family and it seemed like every a new pictures came out of the White House of President Kennedy being a devoted father all of these factors led to the creation of the Kennedy Mystique or this ideal image of a candies as the American Family the Kennedy Mystique made President Kennedy and his wife Jackie very popular both at home and around the world part of the Kennedy Mystique of Cam what was his team of advisors they are known as the best and the brightest their young talented fresh-faced and forward-thinking and charity has most famous cabinet members were defense secretary Robert McNamara and Attorney General Robert Kennedy JFK intellectuals motivate Young Americans to get involved in society and politics first Focus was fixing the economy by 1960 the US was in a recession and unemployment is at 6% Kennedy employ to measures to help fix this first-hand act deficit spending JFK cut taxes to allow Americans to have more income to spend he also increase defense spending by 20% Kennedy focuses and spending more on weapons like submarines missiles and aircraft carriers and moved away from sitting on nuclear weapons raise the minimum wage to a dollar 25 an hour to boost consumerism economic and educational Aid to poor countries in order to fight the influence of Communism in Kennedy's eyes the Communist didn't have to be fought with bullets bombs and guns but instead could be fought by showing poor countries the popular appeal of capitalism in democracy to help in this endeavor President Kennedy created the Peace Corps the Peace Corps sent over 3000 college-age volunteers to poor Nations around the world in order to help their populations most Peace Corps volunteers became teachers health aides nurses can ears and help develop third world countries because poor nations with more desperate people were more susceptible to fall into communism president of candy felt by developing thermal with American Aid it can help prevent these poor countries from turning to Communism and keep him more allies on America side also approved the alliance Focus particularly on the Western Hemisphere the alliance for Progress sent over 12 billion dollars to Latin American countries in order to help build their infrastructure so they could be better play partners with the United States but also did these countries from turning to Communism as a political system  a 1962 Kennedy boldly States the United cancel beat the Soviets to the Moon waitress we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but the they are hot because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skilled because neck 10 G is one that were willing to accept one we are on willing to postpone and one we intend to win and the others too who's funding in education his ambitious space challenge these increase funding and scholarships and University Research math and science programs take off at least the creation of NASA and the Space Race JFK to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration within months in space can a program to put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth is off the 1960s we're off to a booming start with a charismatic leader in charge America stealth Inspire the economy was turning around American Prestige around the world was growing and the United States had their sights set on being the Soviets to the Moon with America reenergy President Kennedy was ready to leave the United States to great things in the 1960s Darren I'm asking each of you to meet at New Frontier

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