A grade nea coursework example aqa history a-level
AWhen was Kennedy president? - -1961-1963
--Why was Kennedy disliked? - -- Catholic (only Catholic until 2020 - Biden)
- Affluent
- Attractive
- Liberal
--Inflation and unemployment when Kennedy came into power - -Inflation - 3.5%
Unemployment - 6%
--Why couldn't Kennedy implement tax cuts initially? - -- Southern Democrats and
conservative coalition blocking him in the senate
--What did Kennedy want? - -- tax cuts
--Trade Expansion Act - Year and what did it state - -October, 1962 - The Act gave the
President the power to reduce tariffs in order to promote trade. Kennedy could lower some
tariffs by as much as 50%, and, in some cases, he could eliminate them.
--Revenue Act- Kennedy - -Cut business taxes by $1billion
--What did Kennedy do to defence spending? - -20% increase, doubled NASA's budget
--UE by 1964 - -5.3%
--US steel conflict - Kennedy - -Steel productivity = 3% rise
Wage rises = 2.5% rise
--How many living in poverty under Kennedy? - -40million (defined as a family of 4 living on
<$4000 a year)
--Draftees under kennedy - -1/3 medically unfit due to poverty
--Manpower training and development act - Kennedy - -1962 - $435million for school + job
training, tackling structural unemployment
--What did Kennedy propose to help the people? - -- $2billion public works, but congress
rejected it
--Area redevelopment act YEAR - -1961
--What did the area redevelopment act do? - -Gave $394 million to improve employment
opportunities in states like West Virginia, Mississippi and the Appalachian BUT didnt provide
enough jobs e.g. built 5star hotels
AWhen was Kennedy president? - -1961-1963
--Why was Kennedy disliked? - -- Catholic (only Catholic until 2020 - Biden)
- Affluent
- Attractive
- Liberal
--Inflation and unemployment when Kennedy came into power - -Inflation - 3.5%
Unemployment - 6%
--Why couldn't Kennedy implement tax cuts initially? - -- Southern Democrats and
conservative coalition blocking him in the senate
--What did Kennedy want? - -- tax cuts
--Trade Expansion Act - Year and what did it state - -October, 1962 - The Act gave the
President the power to reduce tariffs in order to promote trade. Kennedy could lower some
tariffs by as much as 50%, and, in some cases, he could eliminate them.
--Revenue Act- Kennedy - -Cut business taxes by $1billion
--What did Kennedy do to defence spending? - -20% increase, doubled NASA's budget
--UE by 1964 - -5.3%
--US steel conflict - Kennedy - -Steel productivity = 3% rise
Wage rises = 2.5% rise
--How many living in poverty under Kennedy? - -40million (defined as a family of 4 living on
<$4000 a year)
--Draftees under kennedy - -1/3 medically unfit due to poverty
--Manpower training and development act - Kennedy - -1962 - $435million for school + job
training, tackling structural unemployment
--What did Kennedy propose to help the people? - -- $2billion public works, but congress
rejected it
--Area redevelopment act YEAR - -1961
--What did the area redevelopment act do? - -Gave $394 million to improve employment
opportunities in states like West Virginia, Mississippi and the Appalachian BUT didnt provide
enough jobs e.g. built 5star hotels
