1. JFK pursued a multi-pronged foreign policy approach including increasing nuclear weapons and conventional forces while also growing economic aid and diplomacy through initiatives like the Peace Corps. 2. Key events during JFK's presidency included the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, the Berlin Crisis, and the Cuban Missile Crisis where the U.S. and USSR brought the world close to nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba. 3. JFK worked to improve relations with the USSR through diplomacy and arms control agreements while also taking a hard line against communism in Cuba and Vietnam.