Key info of Kennedy Flashcards
length of Kennedys presidency
1961-63
Eisenhowers errors that helped Kennedy win the election (4)
- 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
Nixons errors that helped K win (3)
- 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)
when was his new frontier speech (month and year)
July 1960
4 new frontier ideas
poverty and surplus
fight Cold War
ignorance and prejudice
science and space
who was his sec of defence
McNamara
what was the problem with who Kennedy chose in his administration
inexperienced in govt
why did Kennedy choose LBJ as VP
win southern voters
why is Kennedys legislative record unimpressive
congress rejected so much ]- civil rights , healthcare for elderly etc
positives and negatives of area redevelopment act of 1961
+ 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
why was the manpower and development and training act ineffective
benefitted officials and private interests more than workers
benefits and negative of minimum wage increase
+ raised to $1.25
- half a mil without coverage
what did Kennedy extend that helped generate jobs
interstate highway system
what is the omnibus housing act
granted 5 bil for public housing and urban renewal
- helped developers more than poor
what did Kennedy do to help feed poor
food stamps
when did Castro overthrow cuban dictator
1559
what did Castro criticise about America
their economic stranglehold over Cuba
- he threatened americas property interests
how did eisenhower respond to castors threats about property
joint CIA cuban exile invasion to overthrow Castro
what had Kennedy promised in his 1960 elections about Cuba
- for it not to become a soviet base
when did exiles land at bay of pigs (month and year’)
April 1961
how many cuban exiles at bay of pigs
1600
two reasons why bay of pigs failed
- insufficient aid
- castro was forewarned
3 results of failure of bay of pigs
- 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
when happened in august 1962
soviet missiles and technicians arrived in Cuba