John F. Kennedy's "The New Frontier" Acceptance Speech and the Realization of Domestic Programs

Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University of Bamberg (Professur f Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft), course: The Kennedy Era, language: English, abstract: The subject and aim of this work is to understand how Kennedy's campaign rhetoric could be realized in regard to domestic programs; to which extent he was able to initiate and implement the approaches he outlined in his "New Frontier" acceptance speech. After an outline of JFK's political career and the situation prior to his presidency, the focus of this work will be on the main ideas illustrated in "The New Frontier" address: core economic programs, Civil Rights Movements and the Space Race as "The Last Frontier".