Ch. 23 History test Kenned and the new frontier

The democratic nominee for president Massachusetts senator ______ promised active leadership “to get america moving again”

John Kennedy

The republican nominee ________ hoped to win the election by being a part of Eisenhowers’s administration

Richard Nixon

two factors helped JFK win this election _____ and _____ civil rights issues.

television, civil rights

many people thought that JFK being 43 was way too _______ to be president

inexperienced

________ also worried about having a ________ in the white house

americans, Roman Catholic

on September 26th 1960 more than ______ Americans watched the two _____ debate

70 million, candidates

nixon was an expert on ______ and tried to use that against JFK due to his ______

foreign policy (how other nations deal with eathother), inexperience

although _____ was seen as an inexperienced candidate he looked and _____ better than Nixon

JFK, spoke

JFK was looking _____ and fit compared to Nixon. Nixon looked to be ill looking pale to some ____ who were watching at home

youthful, viewers

many Americans who listened to the debate over the ___ say Nixon won _____ it on TV say JFK won

radio, watched

after _____ and 33 other African Americans were arrested for sitting at a _____ park bench JFK called MLK’s wife to express his sympathy

martin Luther King Jr., segregated

JFK’s brother _____ peruaded the judge who sentenced King to release him on bail

robert Kennedy

this caught immediate attention in the _____ and gained many votes for JFK in the Midwest and the south

african American community

JFK called on americans to be “______” and explore “uncharted areas of science and space”

new pioneers

when JFK was elected he had a lot of problems getting _____ passed through congress

demestic reforms

The ____ is a program to volunteer assistance to developing nations such as Africa and Latin America

peace corps

critics in the US called the program “_____” because many of the volunteers were straight out of college

kennedys kiddie korps

on November 22 1963 JFK was ______ in the backseat of a car

assassinated

the man charged with JFK’s murber was _____. police found his palm pint on the rifle used to kill JFK

lee Harvey Oswald