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Kennedy won the [[United States presidential election, 1960|1960 Presidential election]] against [[Richard Nixon]] by a thin margin.  An important part of the campaign turned out to be the role of television.  When Kennedy and Nixon held their presidential debate, those who listened on radio thought that Nixon won, but those who saw it on television thought Kennedy had won.  Kennedy, young, tanned, and wearing discrete makeup for the camera, had a better television presence.

Kennedy won the [[United States presidential election, 1960|1960 Presidential election]] against [[Richard Nixon]] by a thin margin.  An important part of the campaign turned out to be the role of television.  When Kennedy and Nixon held their presidential debate, those who listened on radio thought that Nixon won, but those who saw it on television thought Kennedy had won.  Kennedy, young, tanned, and wearing discrete makeup for the camera, had a better television presence.

Kennedy was responsible for the [[Bay of Pigs]] fiasco, encouraging the invasion but then pulling back support and even allowing advance notice of the invasion to leak to [[Fidel Castro]].  When a year later the [[Soviet Union]] was building a ballistic missile site in [[Cuba]] that could house nuclear missiles, Kennedy handled the ensuing [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] with the help of hawks in his administration whose conduct, such as putting bombers on alert status, posed a credible threat to Soviets and helped cause them to back down.

Kennedy was involved in the [[Bay of Pigs]] fiasco, refusing to commit to an invasion to aid the beleaguered exiles.  When a year later the [[Soviet Union]] was building a ballistic missile site in [[Cuba]] that could house nuclear missiles, Kennedy handled the ensuing [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] aggressively.

Kennedy authorized the de-segregation of federal housing and proposed the civil rights bill, passed after his assassination.  He created the [[Peace Corps]] and also pledged to put a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s, a pledge that was later fulfilled after his death.

Kennedy authorized the de-segregation of federal housing and proposed the civil rights bill, passed after his assassination.  He created the [[Peace Corps]] and also pledged to put a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s, a pledge that was later fulfilled after his death. Likewie he, proposed tax cuts, which were approved after his death.

Kennedy cut taxes and appointed [[Byron White]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], who consistently ruled with [[conservatives]] on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]].

Kennedy appointed one justice to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], [[Byron White]]. White's rulings did not fit traditional political categories; he dissented in [[Roe v. Wade]] but joined the majority to strike down the death penalty in [[Furman v. Georgia]].

Kennedy's image appears on the American half-dollar coin.   

Kennedy's image appears on the American half-dollar coin.   

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