USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kennedy was elected President in 1960 in a dramatically close election, he promised a “New Frontier” of domestic social and economic reform. As President he offered a wide agenda of legislative proposals to realize this goal.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kennedy said that the American people must be prepared to sacrifice in order to cross “a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils.” The term New Frontier was never used to delineate specific proposals for legislation.

Detailed explanation-4: -John F. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic president of the United States, sparked the idealism of “a new generation of Americans” with his charm and optimism, championed the U.S. space program, and showed cool dynamic leadership during the Cuban missile crisis, before becoming the victim of an assassination.