During the 1960 election, the country was being greatly affected by the racial inequality, poverty, and the ongoing Cold War with the Soviet Union. As shown in document A, JFK was not satisfied with the direction country was going. He was not satisfied the year before the country had the least economic growth of any industrialized country in the world, that people were so poor that children brought home school lunches to feed their families. He was not satisfied with the fact that the Soviet Union was producing twice as many scientists
During the 1960 election, the country was being greatly affected by the racial inequality, poverty, and the ongoing Cold War with the Soviet Union. As shown in document A, JFK was not satisfied with the direction country was going. He was not satisfied the year before the country had the least economic growth of any industrialized country in the world, that people were so poor that children brought home school lunches to feed their families. He was not satisfied with the fact that the Soviet Union was producing twice as many scientists