It's Debatable Leaked Questions

Use the following information to help John F. Kennedy during the 1960 Presidential debate.   Remember that when you are writing that you should be responding using the first person, as you are writting JFK's speeches.  Also be sure to include at least one famous quote from before 1960 in your response.  All responses must be at least 200 words for full credit.

•Question 1: What is the difference between the way you would handle Castro's regime and prevent the establishment of Communist governments in the Western Hemisphere and the way your opponent would proceed?  

–Look up sanctions against Cuba and economic quarantine of Cuba

Timeline of Embargo

–CLICK HERE for info on providing aid to anti-Castro supporters and Cuban exiles

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•Question 2: 

Senator Fulbright and others maintain that the Administration is suppressing a report by the United States Information Agency that shows a decline in the United States Prestige overseas.  Should this report be made public and what can you do as President to help correct the mistakes of the current administration?

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• Look up decline of U.S. education (math + science) 
  
• comparisons of daily life in Soviet Union vs. United States
• space race

•Question 3: 

The Soviet Union may have resumed the testing of nuclear devices.  If this is true, should the United States resume nuclear testing and how can we do so safely?

–Look up “soviet nuclear testing”

–Nuclear testing above ground vs. underground or in outer space

Nuclear Testing General Info

•Question 4: The United States has been on the defensive around the world and our policy has been one of reaction to the Soviet Union during the last 4 years. 

How can the U.S. be proactive to prevent communism around the world?

–Look up “iron curtain” and “Domino Effect”,

–Look up relations between the United States and Poland and also India 

Quemoy and Matsu Islands