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1、JohnF.Kennedy'sInauguralAddressPersonageIntroductionBorn:May29,1917,inBrookline,MassachusettsDied:November22,1963,inDallas,TexasNickname:"JFK"Married:JacquelineLeeBouvier(1929-1994),onSeptember12,1953Religion:RomanCatholicEducation:HarvardCollegePoli
2、ticalParty:DemocratInauguralprocessJanuary2,1960,Saturday,Kennedyformallyannouncedto300supportersintheSenateChambertorunforpresident.Kennedy'sCatholicidentityhasbeenquestioned.Onthisissue,Kennedymadeaclearanswer:"IamnottheCatholiccandidateforpresiden
3、t,IamtheDemocraticParty'scandidate,butjustwasaCatholicinpublicaffairsonbehalfofmysectIdonot-itdoesnotmeansectarian.I."KennedywastheyoungestpresidentinAmericanhistory.ElectionsheldonNovember8,1960,theJohnF.KennedydefeatedNixoninanarrowlygap.Inatotalof
4、68,837,000votes,Kennedy'sadvantageisextremelyweak,only118,574votes.Themainreasonforthekennedyvictory:1.Theelection-yeareconomiccontractionappears.2.ThepeopleoftheUnitedStatesworriedaboutlosingtheabilitytodealwiththeSovietthreat.3.Kennedy'scharismaand
5、Nixonpoorperformanceinatelevisiondebate.4.Blackvoters'support.HistoricalbackgroundTheEuropeanbackdropTheSovietunionbackdropAmericanbackdropAfricanbackdropAmericanbackdropInthe1950s,theUnitedStatesusethewayof"peacefulevolution",tryingtoreleasethecontr
6、olofEasternEuropefromtheSovietUnion;with"massiveretaliationstrategy"onthemilitary,signedaseriesofmilitarytreatiesinEastAsia.Thecontradictionbetweentherichandthepoor,thesocialgapbetweentherichandthepoorishuge,thecivilrightsmovementisrising,theblackmov
7、ementafteranother,peoplearenotsatisfiedwiththegovernment.InordertoexpanditsinfluenceandagainsttheSovietunion,theUnitedStatestohelprestoretheeconomyinWesterneurope.TheSovietunionbackdropThelate1950s，Khrushchevtakepositivedominatepolicy,at??thestruggle
8、forhegemonybetweenAmericaandtheSovietUnion?,theusatadisadvantagepositon。WithmajorchangesinforeignpolicysinceKhrushchevruling.EasternEuropeancountriesgetridofSovietruleandcontrolsignificantlyenhanced,formerUnitedsocialistcampnolongerexists.TheEuropean
