JFK only wanted the U.S. and all other countries at peace. He was up for a challenge, but in his speech he just wanted "peaceful solutions" for all problems. It didn't matter if it was about global warming, global hunger, or global economic struggles. It didn't even matter if it was the entire world or just a few counties, or maybe the United States. He wanted peace. His point in his inauguration was to remind the U.S their strength and keep everything happening in an order it should be in.
President Kennedy in this excerpt is making an impassionate plea to embrace peace by reducing weapons, by engaging in dialogue and finding common ground.
He used some powerful rhetoric here "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." to emphasize his point and also to point out that civility is not weakness
Kennedy was put into office at the very beginning of the Cold War. Tension between the Soviets and Americans became very apparent when Cuba and the Soviets became allies, which then lead to the Soviets to place nuclear missiles in Cuba. Which is about 400 miles from Florida. Kennedy had multiple meetings with Khruschev, to come to some agreement. Kennedy was hurt because the Soviets and Americans had made past agreements on Cuba. When Kennedy allowed, the " bay of pigs" to happen which was a "attack" America attempted to do on Cuba. Kennedy felt the tension grow after that and made this speech to address his hurt about past agreements, and his ability to be fair. So the answer is C.
These lines from Kennedy's 1963 Civil Rights Address seek to most clearly define which idea?
One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet free from the bonds of injustice; they are not yet free from social and economic oppression. And this nation for all its hopes and all its boasts will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.
injustice A
economics B
freedom C
nationality D
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
"This is not a sectional issue. Difficulties over segregation and discrimination exist in every city, in every State of the Union, producing in many cities a rising tide of discontent that threatens the public safety. Nor is this a partisan issue. In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics."
In this excerpt from President Kennedy's 1963 Civil Rights Address the phrase "rising tide of discontent" most likely refers to:
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