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length of Kennedys presidency

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1961-63

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Eisenhowers errors that helped Kennedy win the election (4)

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  • refusing to endorse nixon - defended his own record instead
  • refused to deny missile gap (would escalate arms race)
  • stopped Nixon calling for full candidate health disclosure
  • federal budget surplus that contributed to a recession
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Nixons errors that helped K win (3)

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  • didn’t let eisenhower campaign for him till 1960
  • campaigned in all 50 states (exhaustion)
  • eisenhower advised him not t debate with Kennedy (just free advertisement for k)
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when was his new frontier speech (month and year)

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July 1960

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4 new frontier ideas

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poverty and surplus
fight Cold War
ignorance and prejudice
science and space

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who was his sec of defence

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McNamara

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what was the problem with who Kennedy chose in his administration

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inexperienced in govt

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why did Kennedy choose LBJ as VP

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win southern voters

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why is Kennedys legislative record unimpressive

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congress rejected so much ]- civil rights , healthcare for elderly etc

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positives and negatives of area redevelopment act of 1961

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+ 26,000 jobs and training programmes
+ helped in impoverished states such as West Virginia
- 5 mil remained unemployed
- congress underfunded then refused to renew act in 63

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why was the manpower and development and training act ineffective

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benefitted officials and private interests more than workers

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benefits and negative of minimum wage increase

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+ raised to $1.25
- half a mil without coverage

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what did Kennedy extend that helped generate jobs

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interstate highway system

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what is the omnibus housing act

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granted 5 bil for public housing and urban renewal
- helped developers more than poor

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what did Kennedy do to help feed poor

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food stamps

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when did Castro overthrow cuban dictator

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1559

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what did Castro criticise about America

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their economic stranglehold over Cuba
- he threatened americas property interests

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how did eisenhower respond to castors threats about property

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joint CIA cuban exile invasion to overthrow Castro

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what had Kennedy promised in his 1960 elections about Cuba

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  • for it not to become a soviet base
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when did exiles land at bay of pigs (month and year’)

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April 1961

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how many cuban exiles at bay of pigs

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1600

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two reasons why bay of pigs failed

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  • insufficient aid
  • castro was forewarned
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3 results of failure of bay of pigs

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  • Kennedy humiliated
  • castro declared he was a communist ( drew closer to soviets)
  • Khrushchev thought K weak so thought he could get away with installing nuclear missiles in Cuba
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when happened in august 1962

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soviet missiles and technicians arrived in Cuba

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what did Kennedy establish to deal with cuban missile crisis
ExComm (national security council)
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what did Kennedy call the blockade to sound less aggressive
quarantine
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why did he want a naval blockade for cuban missile crisis
stop soviet shipments of men and materials to Cuba
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what did Kennedy withdraw the blockade line to in oct to give Khrushchev more time to think
800 to 500 miles
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what were Khrushchevs demands to end cuban missile crisis
- if Kennedy halted blockade and promised not to invade (also wanted removal of American missiles from turkey but Kennedy ignored this)
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significance of cuban missile crisis
- soviets humiliated (contributed to Khrushchevs fall from power) - sobered by crisis so hotline installed for ussr and usa for future emergencies - first attempt to slow nuclear arms race
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what was significant about august 1963
partial nuclear test ban treaty
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why was east germanys economy damaged
2 million had fled to west
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when did East Germans build Berlin Wall | month and year
august 1961
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significance of Berlin Wall (4)
- divided west and east - increased west German anxiety and anti communist hostility - Kennedy went to Berlin to assure him he was a berliner - Kennedy did nothing to stop it - made khru think he could get away with missiles in Cuba
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why did Kennedy continue involvement in Vietnam
- containment + domino theory - wanted to prove himself after bay of its - military advisors such as McNamara and risk urged him
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how many American advisors assisted diem by 1963
17,000
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who organised the first of the freedom rides and what was their aim
core - integrated group travelled on interstate buses to test Supreme Court rulings on interstate travel
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how did racists react to freedom riders + response of govt
- burnt buses so R. Kennedy responded to enforce the supreme ruling
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why did MLK choose birgiingham
Bull Connor would react violently and it would gain publicity
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who is the public safety commissioner in Alabama, Birmingham
bull Connor
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who organised the march on Washington
Phillip Randolph
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two main aims of march on Washington
- encourage passing of Kennedys civil rights bill - increased black employment opportunities
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how many were at the march of Washington
250,000
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3 things Kennedy did to help af-ams
- appointed lots into federal positions + five black federal judges - equal employment opportunity commission - brought 57 cases against illegal violation of black voting rights in south
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3 reasons why Kennedy failed at conquering 'ignorance and prejudice'
- didn't want to respond to 'unpatriotic' freedom riders - forced tp due to violence - situation in north - 46% of unemployed Americans were black
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what all white uni did James Meredith seek entry to
Mississippi
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how did Robert Kennedy help James Meredith
due to violence sent Mississippi national guard and us army regulars
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why was the USA the world's most powerful nation by 1963
- more missiles and superior navy - soviets surrounded by US military bases in allied nations - NATO and SEATO
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what demonstrated soviet unpopularity in east Europe
Hungarian revolt of 1956
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what is the peace corps
improve usa image abroad - young volunteers sent to help poorer nations help themselves through teaching and technical aid programmes
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aim of peace corps
counter soviet propaganda of usa exploiting weaker nations
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how many countries did peace corps work in
44
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when did Kennedy ask congress to finance putting American on the moon
1961
54
when did man go on moon
1969
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what was on Americans major concerns in spring 1963 poll
inflation and unemployment
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what did 'the affluent society' book emphasise
- permanent American underclass
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what did Harringtons 'the other America' say
40-60 million Americans in poverty
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what were most black southerners employed in
low paid sharecropping or domestic occupations
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what exacerbated housing shortage for black Americans
city councils tearing down black neighbourhoods in name of urban renewal
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why were women facing persistent inequality (4)
- mainly in low paid jobs (waitresses) - treated badly (airlines fired women in 30s) - 80% of teachers but 10% of principals - educated women steered towards 'caring' occupations (nursing)
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what did some schools do to pregnant girls and women
fire pregnant teachers and students
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when did feminine mystique come out
1963

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