(2 minutes)
1) What state was Richard Nixon from?
2) Was Nixon in the best health just prior to the 1st debate?
3) Who did the radio audience think won this debate?
4) What do you believe to have made the ultimate difference in the 1960 presidential debate?
Both Kennedy and Nixon were considered “hawks”. This means that they did not shy away from confrontations if it furthered American interests. Both men would use television effectively to get their points across to the American public. Kennedy was elected in 1960, while Nixon would be elected in 1968 and 1972. As you can see, television plays a major role in the 1960s. It was extremely influential in selling products. After 1960, it would beinstrumental in selling political ideas.
The following video clip begins by taking a look and the influence of the automobile on the 1950s. Then it will concentrate on the super-power’s competition going on between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R in what is known as the “Space Race”. (On a personal note, my grandfather worked for a company called Western Electric, which would late become AT&T. He would fly to White Sands Missile Base because his company worked on technology related t
o the missiles. Also, our family moved to Florida in the early 1970s because my father worked for a contractor in the aerospace industry. The Kennedy Space Center brought countless people to the area for employment.)
Answer the following questions from this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_D4fWogbZM (start at 29:35 and end at 44:30)
5) Did these car examples look fuel efficient?
6) By the late 1950s, the size of General Motors budget equaled the size of what country?
7) What hotel chain was created to serve roadside travelers?
8) What was the largest public works program in our history?
9) How did President Eisenhower justify such a huge expense?
10) Did America assist in the Hungarian Revolution against its communist government?
11) How many years did it take the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) to develop an atomic bomb?
12) Why was rocket technology seen as such an important issue at that time?
13) What was the name of the 1st successful satellite launched into space?
14) What was the controversy that involved it television show “Twenty One”?
15) What do you think of the following quote, “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.”- Thomas Jefferson