THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Nazi.
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Republican.
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Democratic
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Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Democrat from Massachusetts, he took office following the 1960 presidential election, in which he narrowly defeated Richard Nixon, the then-incumbent vice president. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy’s time in office was marked by Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy’s domestic agenda, outlined in his “New Frontier” acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in July 1960, faced a difficult passage through Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, becoming also the youngest President to die.