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    John F. Kennedy was inaugurated into the u.s. Presidential office on January 20, 1961. During this time, there were many threats arising from the Soviet Union and communism. He addressed many issues involving war and proposed many ideas of peace.

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    John F. Kennedy was inaugurated into the u.s. Presidential office on January 20, 1961. During this time, there were many threats arising from the Soviet Union and communism. He addressed many issues involving war and proposed many ideas of peace.

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    TheCausesofKennedyandEffectsoftheWar
    OnJanuary20,1961,JohnF.KennedywasinauguratedintotheUnitedStates
    presidentialofficeandgavehisinauguralspeech.Aroundthistime,Americawasinthemiddle
    oftheColdWar,thespaceracehadcommenced,andCubastarteddriftingawayfromtheUnited
    Stateseconomicallyandpolitically.Duetothecoldwarandtheriseofcommunism,America
    hadtotakeastandandmakesomemovesoftheirown.Becauseofmanythreatsarisingfromthe
    SovietUnionandcommunism,Kennedyaddressedmanyissuesinvolvingwarandproposed
    manyideasofpeaceandspreadingdemocracyinhisspeech.
    BetweentheSovietUnionandCuba,therewasaninfluxofpressureontheUnitedStates
    surroundingtheuprisingthreatofnuclearwar.Kennedywasdevotedtotryingtocreatepeace.
    Heapproachedthetopicwithprecisewordingsothathedidnotappearaggressiveorasifhewas
    preparedforwar.Duetothecreationofnuclearweapons,theworldwasafraidofanysortofwar
    tobreakoutbecausetherewasthepossibilityofnuclearweaponstobeused.WithCuba
    officiallyacommuniststateandnowcutofffromthesupportofAmerica,theSovietUniontook
    advantageoftheiropportunitytocollaboratewithCuba.America,beingsuspiciousofCuban
    activity,wasabletodiscoveranuclearmissilesiteandsotheCubanMissileCrisisstarted.
    Kennedyoffersarequest:thatbothsidesbeginanewthequestforpeace,beforethedark
    powersofdestructionunleashedbyscienceengulfallhumanitytotheSovietUnion.Inan
    attempttocreatepeace,KennedyreachesouttotheSovietUnionandasksthemtounarm
    themselvesfromtheirdestructiveweaponsforthesakeofhumanity,thusaddressingitasamoral
    actinsteadofapoliticalact.Later,onKeJune10,1963KennedygavehisAmericanUniversity
    AddresswhereheformallyaskedtheSovietUnionforatreatyinordertostopnucleartestingin

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    hopesofformingpeacebetweenthetwonations.Inthemistsofthecoldwar,Kennedyhad
    manydecisionstomakeconcerningAmericaspositionandasafepathforthecountrytotake,
    andKennedyhadaplantomakeitthrough.
    TheUnitedStateswaseagertospreaddemocracytomanycountriesafterWorldWarII
    inordertogainpoliticaldominanceovertheSovietUnionandcommunism.Tothoseoldallies
    whoseculturalandspiritualoriginsweshare,wepledgetheloyaltyoffaithfulfriendsKennedy
    saysinhisspeech.Tryingtoestablishandrenewcurrentalliancesandtreatieswiththosewho
    sharesimilarviewsasAmerica,inotherwords,tounitewiththosewhosupportademocracy.
    However,allofthesealliancesfrombothsidescreatedagreatseparationthroughouttheworld.
    OnAugust13,1961theBerlinWallwasconstructedandveryrealbarrierdividedpeopleof
    differentpoliticalviews.Americaattemptedtheirbesttospreaddemocracybutcountrieswere
    notsowillingtoacceptdemocracy,soAmericausedtheirmilitarytoshowcountriesthat
    Americawasastrongforceandthattheywouldbetheidealally.Asaveteran,Kennedy
    promotedthearmedforcesandencouragedmorepeopletojoinsayingthatitwasanhonorto
    joinanditwasdutytothecountry.SuchpromotionfromKennedyincreasedtheamountofmen
    enlistedinthemilitarygreatly,aswellasitboostedtheactofpatriotismbecausemenstarted
    joiningforthefactthattheyweredoingitforAmericaandtheirfreedom.Communismwasso
    dislikedbyAmericansthatitbuiltmanynewrelationsbecausesomanypeoplewereableto
    standbehindasimilaropiniontogether.

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