John F Kennedy's Accomplishments
President John F. Kennedy was elected in November 8, 1960 as the 35th president of the United States. Kennedy is the youngest man ever to be elected president of the United States. Kennedy was 43-year-old when he was elected president. Kennedy also became the the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. John F. Kennedy had many accomplishment through his time in office unfortunately he only served through 1961-1963. On March 1, 1961 president John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by Executive Order 10924. It was a program through which American volunteers would help underdeveloped nations in areas such as education, farming, health care, and construction. JFK initiated the Alliance for Progress in 1961 with the aim to establish economic
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Although Kennedy realized the importance of space exploration to the military, he remained firmly committed to a civilian-controlled program of manned space flights. With the encouragement of Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy appealed to Congress to increase spending on the space program in the hopes of surpassing the Soviets. Then, on February 20, 1962, Astronaut John Glenn aboard the Mercury craft Friendship 7 became the first American to orbit the earth. Both the Kennedy administration and the American people celebrated Glenn's space flight. But Kennedy did not live to see his dream come true when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in July 1969. On July 1963, JFK won his greatest foreign affairs victory when Khrushchev agreed to join him and Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in signing a nuclear test ban treaty. In Southeast Asia, however, Kennedy’s desire to curb the spread of communism led him to escalate U.S. involvement in the conflict in Vietnam, even as privately he expressed his dismay over the situation. JFK oversaw the launch of the Peace Corps, which would send young volunteers to underdeveloped countries all over the world in his first year if
Although Kennedy realized the importance of space exploration to the military, he remained firmly committed to a civilian-controlled program of manned space flights. With the encouragement of Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy appealed to Congress to increase spending on the space program in the hopes of surpassing the Soviets. Then, on February 20, 1962, Astronaut John Glenn aboard the Mercury craft Friendship 7 became the first American to orbit the earth. Both the Kennedy administration and the American people celebrated Glenn's space flight. But Kennedy did not live to see his dream come true when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in July 1969. On July 1963, JFK won his greatest foreign affairs victory when Khrushchev agreed to join him and Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in signing a nuclear test ban treaty. In Southeast Asia, however, Kennedy’s desire to curb the spread of communism led him to escalate U.S. involvement in the conflict in Vietnam, even as privately he expressed his dismay over the situation. JFK oversaw the launch of the Peace Corps, which would send young volunteers to underdeveloped countries all over the world in his first year if