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This is the date when Kennedy was elected the president of the United States.
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This was a speech given by JFK about how Americans of the twentieth century had to rise to new challenges, such as achieving equality of opportunity for all.
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Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. At the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected President and the first Catholic.
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To help settle or prevent strikes.
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This program helps people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
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On May 25, 1961, President Kennedy stood before Congress to deliver a special message on "urgent national needs." which including sending a man to the moon because he believed that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.
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This is when Kennedys announces his thought of sending a man to the moon.
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Under the Kennedy Administration, the most significant tax reforms since the New Deal were carried out, including a new investment tax credit.
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This event increased minimum wage to make it fair for workers putting in alot of hours.
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This authorized the President to negotiate tariff reductions on a reciprocal basis of up to 50 percent with the European Common Market.
