1. What is one reason many historians believe John F. Kennedy won the election over Richard Nixon in 1960?*

A) Nixon had been accused of being one of the "secret communists" in the US
government by HUAC
B) Nixon was accused of campaign finance violations, and finally admitted that his
dog Checkers may have been an illegal campaign contribution and offered to return
him
C) Nixon accused Kennedy of not taking the threat of communism seriously enough
D) Nixon looked bad on television during the debates