How Did Nixon Change America

DBQ - 1960 Election This election, Senator John Kennedy is up against Vice President Richard Nixon. America is growing more and more restless and believes that this election could change America for the better. Although Nixon is more experienced, Kennedy is a better candidate for president because he advocates for change, concentrates on America’s issues, and is equal to if not better than Nixon. First of all, Kennedy would be a better president because he intends to enact change in America. In one of the televised debates between Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy, Kennedy expresses his belief that America needs change. “These were the years when the tide came in. These were the years when the United States started to move again. That 's the question before the American people, and only you can decide what you want--what you want this country to be, what you want to do with the future. I think we 're ready to move. And it is to that great task that, if we are successful, we will address

“MALE NARRATOR: And as for any major ideas from Mr. Nixon: EISENHOWER: If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don 't remember.” (Document A) Clearly, since the president doesn’t remember any of Nixon’s ‘important experience’, Nixon is just as experienced as Kennedy. One of Kennedy’s campaign posters displays that from labor’s viewpoint Kennedy has voted right 120 times while Nixon has voted right 10 times. (Document C) This shows that Senator Kennedy knows what the public needs to succeed and run properly. Also, for the “last twenty-five years, the Republican leadership has opposed federal aid for education, medical care for the aged, development of the Tennessee Valley, development of our natural resources.” (Document C) These are all things that America needs to be the best country in the world and stay ahead