Kennedy's Presidency Flashcards
(24 cards)
where was JFK born?
Boston
what did Kennedy write about in why England slept in 1940?
the difficulty of mobilising a democracy
what religion was he?
Roman Catholic
who was a family friend and a visitor to his home in the 1940s and 50s?
Joseph McCarthy
what did JFK do during ww2
naval captain
helped to rescue his men after a ship wreck
what errors did Richard Nixon commit in his campaign
didn’t let Eisenhower campaign with him
agreed to a tv debate
agreed to campaign in all 50 states
how did Nixon and JFK differ in tv debates
Kennedy - confident relaxed healthy , blue smart suit
Nixon - tired ill unshaven sweating, grey bland suit
what did JFK do prior to the election that won him many black votes
he contacted Coretta King when mlk was arrested
Kennedy was seen as young and northern so he picked Johnson as vice president and he was … and…
older and southern
who did JFK appoint as
Secretary of defence
Secretary of state
attorney general
Robert McNamara
Dean rusk
Bobby Kennedy
what was this new policy called
the new frontier
the economy
…….. act created 420 000 jobs
…… …… increase and $280 m spent on …….. …….
housing
minimum wage
unemployment benefits
welfare
introduces free ….. and …… for poor children
brought in …. ….
milk
lunches
food stamps
women’s rights
………. women claimed $84 m in back pay due to the….. …… ….
171 000
equal pay act
who had overthrown the Cuban government in 1959
Fidel Castro
give 3 reasons why JFK agreed to the bay of pigs invasion in 1961
because Eisenhower has overseen it’s creation
It would be cheaper to use the Cuba exiles
He couldn’t allow Russian missiles on Cuba
He thought the 3rd world would be the next could war arena
why did it fail
us newspapers forewarned the Cubans
They landed miles from the mountain cover
Castro was popular and there was minimal us aid
when did Russian missiles were spotted on Cuba what options did JFK have
do nothing
use the UN
withdraw us missiles from Turkey
blockade the island
Kennedy chose to block Cuba what did they call this action
blockade
why did JFK reduce the exclusion zone to 500 miles
to allow Khrushchev more time to think and act
who did the incident end
Khrushchev backed down
JFK got rid of the us missiles in the Turkey
why did JFK see Vietnam as important
he worried that losing it to communism would cause other countries to suffer the same fate
domino theory
who controlled north Vietnam
the communists under Ho Chi Minh
who controlled South Vietnam
Ngo DInh Diem aided by the us
