How Did Jfk Administration Affect Foreign And Domestic Policy

The sixties was filled with tension between nations. Among these tensions were educational races, the space race, the Cold War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, just to name a few things. During this time the President of the United States was John F. Kennedy: how did the Kennedy administration affect foreign and domestic policy? Kennedy’s administration affected foreign and domestic policy by Kennedy’s way of negotiating during the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis, The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, The “New Frontier” plan, the policy of nation building, Kennedy’s outstanding want to directly communicate with the public, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the creation of the Peace Corps. John F. Kennedy was not your typical president. Kennedy liked to have meetings that were not very organized and he believed that this informal structure allowed for a wide range of views to get a full airing. Kennedy wanted everyones …show more content…
Kennedy had an impressive progressive agenda that carried emphasis on civil rights, foreign affairs, and economic reform, this was called the “New Frontier” plan. Kennedy wanted to improve the rights of citizens of America, as well as rebuild our economy which had been previously struggling. Foreign affairs was Kennedy’s main focus while in office, he wanted to kill all tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. Kennedy’s agenda was set up to make America the “New Frontier”. Kennedy wanted to stop the spread of communism worldwide. The Kennedy administration was sympathetic to the idea of the United States embracing and supporting the new and largely nationalist leaders of the third world countries, and in this way divert them from any communist habits. A major threat during the Cold War was the spread of communism. Kennedy wanted America to help the third world countries and steer them away from communist ideas, so that the spread of communism would stop