John F Kennedy's Happiest Time

The strengths of one's country can be measured by the mindset of its people. To figure out if your country is as strong as ever, you must look to its pass and find your country's happiest moment, and compare it to your time. Let's take a look back from Word War II till the end of the 20th century and find our happiest moment. When we look back at the 20th century and try to find our strongest and happiest moment it would seem that the 1950s till Kennedy’s assassination was our greatest time in that century. John F. Kennedy said in 1963, in his penultimate speech at Fort Worth, Texas that, “ the United States is stronger than it’s ever been in its history”. Why did Kennedy believe that?
In American memory, the postwar 1950s seems to have gained an peaceful and happy surface. Looking back at old television shows such as Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver gives an impression to today's viewers of a kind and joyful family bliss. While the baby boomers may look back reminisce to those early years that marked their childhood. Like my mother and father.
Eisenhower. Ike, was his nickname. When in office he would like to walk in the middle of the two major parties. Today one could call this strategy, Modern Republicanism. What Eisenhower did was that he both controlled the Democrats from expanding the New Deal but while also halting the conservative Republicans from changing popular programs such as Social Security. This kind of tactic lead to no major reform during that decade. It could possibly be seen that the 1950s was politically dead. However, the lack of controversy was something most American voters were probably seeking after World War II and the controversial events of the Korean