AP Language and Composition

December 7, 2012Mr. Houghteling“It’s a Finish it

Friday, and because it’s Friday, you know what that means…!”

“It’s great to be alive!”

AGENDA

• Finish JFK’s Inaugural Address.• USA vs. USSR• JFK take-home test.

Homework

• Complete your Take-home test on JFK!• Place ALL answers

on a separate sheet of paper.

John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration

• http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/5796-01

JFK Background 1• JFK was the youngest elected U.S.

president. • JFK was the country’s first Catholic

president. • JFK defeated Richard Nixon by only

112,827 votes. It was one of the smallest margins of victory in U.S. history, 49.72% of the popular vote.

JFK Background 2

• JFK was the first president born in the 20th Century. • On January 20, 1961, the United States

were in the midst of the Cold War, an ideological battle against the U.S.S.R.

JFK Background 3• This Cold War was a period of military and

political tension. It was so named because it never featured direct military action, since both East and West possessed nuclear weapons, and because their use would probably guarantee the countries’ mutual assured destruction. However, both powers repeatedly engaged in indirect confrontations through proxy wars.