Kennedy faced a dilemma: if the U.S. attacked the sites, it might lead to nuclear war with the U.S.S.R., but if the U.S. did nothing, it would endure the threat of nuclear weapons being launched from close range.He began negotiations with the Soviets and

Kennedy asked Congress to create the Peace Corps

On June 26, 1963, Kennedy visited West Berlin and gave a public speech criticizing communism. Kennedy used the construction of the Berlin Wall as an example of the failures of communism

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Troubled by the long-term dangers of radioactive contamination and nuclear weapons proliferation, Kennedy pushed for a Limited or Partial Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited atomic testing on the ground, in the atmosphere, or underwater but not underground

included federal funding, end to racial discrimination, and major programs.

American University Speech

June, 1963, Kennedy delivered the commencement address in Washington, stating that "The United States, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war," but cautioning that, "We shall be prepared if others wish it.

Meeting Nikita Khrushchev

The Cuban Missile Crisis began in October 1962, when American U-2 CIA spy planes took photographs of a Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile site under construction in Cuba. Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles subject to U.N. inspections if

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Cuban Missile Crisis	Kennedy faced a dilemma: if the U.S. attacked the sites, it might lead to nuclear war with the U.S.S.R., but if the U.S. did nothing, it would endure the threat of nuclear weapons being launched from close range.He began negotiations with the Soviets and
Peace Corps	Kennedy asked Congress to create the Peace Corps
Speech in Berlin	On June 26, 1963, Kennedy visited West Berlin and gave a public speech criticizing communism. Kennedy used the construction of the Berlin Wall as an example of the failures of communism
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	Troubled by the long-term dangers of radioactive contamination and nuclear weapons proliferation, Kennedy pushed for a Limited or Partial Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited atomic testing on the ground, in the atmosphere, or underwater but not underground
New Frontier Policy	included federal funding, end to racial discrimination, and major programs.
American University Speech	June, 1963, Kennedy delivered the commencement address in Washington, stating that "The United States, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war," but cautioning that, "We shall be prepared if others wish it.
Meeting Nikita Khrushchev	The Cuban Missile Crisis began in October 1962, when American U-2 CIA spy planes took photographs of a Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile site under construction in Cuba. Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles subject to U.N. inspections if

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