Answer:
The correct answer is A. The theme of John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech was working for the freedom of man.
Step-by-step explanation:
Kennedy delivered his inaugural speech on January 20, 1961, in the middle of a world frightened by the Cold War and the rearmament of the two blocks.
John Kennedy, at 43, was the youngest president in American history. Also the first Catholic. Dwight Eisenhower, turned 70, left the White House as the oldest president in the history of the United States. The young president was a Harvard graduate and a war hero who succeeded the general who had led the armies of Europe in World War II.
Kennedy's presidency implied a generational change. But it also introduced an opening speech, a political modernity that was very well received by society. Kennedy meant a profound change for the United States and for the world.
His inaugural speech lasted ten minutes. He addressed the Americans with a "my fellow citizens," the term that was used by George Washington and later rejected by later presidents by a more formal "my fellow americans."
The Kennedian revolution was in language. His speeches meant a fundamental change in international relations. He called for unity in the fight against the common enemies of tyranny, poverty, disease and war. In the face of the misery of the world, the president offered all the efforts "to help the peoples to help themselves." If a free society, he continued, cannot help the many who are poor, they cannot save the few who are rich.
He made proposals to inspect and control the nuclear arsenals of the two great powers. His attempt was futile since two years later he had to face Kruschev to deactivate the Cuban missile crisis. Shortly after being elected he supported a Cuban rebellion to overthrow Fidel Castro.
On that icy morning in Washington, Kennedy ended his speech that has become a classic of political language: “Do not ask what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. Citizens of the world, do not ask what America can do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man”.