THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He was the more prepared of the two men
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Lyndon Johnson was a popular southerner
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Richard Nixon was unknown
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Kennedy looked better and more prepared on television
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kennedy benefited from the economic recession of 1957–1958, which hurt the standing of the incumbent Republican Party, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1960 presidential election was not decided by one event, tactic or blunder. John Kennedy’s selection of Lyndon Johnson as Vice President, his convincing rebuttals to attacks on his religion, inexperience and health, and Republican errors all had a substantial bearing on the outcome.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which presidential campaign produced the first nationally televised debate? The typical answer to that question is 1960, Kennedy v. Nixon.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the 1960 debates between the two candidates, Americans for the first time could tune in and watch the debates on television, or listen on the radio. About 70 million people tuned in to watch the Kennedy/Nixon debates.