JFK was born on May 29, 1917 (O’Brien). He soon grew up to be the 35th president, and one of the most likeable ones (O’Brien). “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”, is a quote he said when he became president (“jfk library.org”). When he was in the Navy he saved many lives and earned a Medal of Bravery.(“jfk library.org”). When he became president he won by 100,000, Richard Nixon had more individual votes but JFK had more electoral votes.(O’Brien)…
John f.kennedy became the 35th president of the United States. In addtition. He famous because he was the youngest ELECTED president at the age of 43 in 1960. Moreover, he was the fourth president that was assassinated, and the youngest to die of all the presidents.. Before he became president, he was a decorated WWII military hero, earning a Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and a World War II Victory Medal. After he became president, he helped America to establish the Apollo Project. Unfortunately, we did not land on the moon until 1969, after Kennedy's death. John F. Kennedy Space Center was named after him.…
The president of the United States is rolling around on the bedroom floor with his children.”(O’Reilly and Dugard Pg. 105) The other strength that sticks out when you think about JFK is his competitiveness and desire to be #1.“Perhaps the most striking similarity between the two men is that Kennedy and Castro were the sort of highly competitive alpha males who never accept losing, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how high the cost.” (O’Reilly and Dugard Pg.48) Lastly JFK’s weaknesses, which was limited to very few but everyone has them. One that sticks out and is notably the worst one was what he did to Jackie which she knew was sleeping with women, he would sleep with them when she was out of town or right in the white house, “but one day the First Lady appeared at the pool door, eager to go for a swim. This had never before happened. The panic-stricken agent barred the door and tried to explain to Jackie she was not allowed to use the pool, JFK heard the commotion, quickly pulled on his robe, and fled the pool just before he could be caught.” (O’Reilly and Dugard Pg.75) If you didn't get the point JFK was swimming with women while Jackie was in The White…
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He went to Eureka College on an athletic scholarship for swim, track and football. He was also involved in student council and the school productions. Reagan studied sociology and economics. After college he became a radio show host then movie actor. He was married twice. He was first married to Jane Wyman with whom he had two children, Maureen and Michael. They divorced during World War II while Reagan made training films. He met Nancy Davis, while he was president of the Screen Actors’ Guild. He married Nancy Davis in 1952 and had two children, Patricia and Ronald. He began hosting General Electric Theater, which allowed him travel the country. During this time views changed from liberal Democrat to conservative Republican.…
He finished Kennedy's term and was further elected to hold his own office of the presidency in 1964. Johnson was responsible for designing the Great Society legislation. He took a lot Kennedy's domestic proposals and turned them in to his own. Lyndon Johnson gets a lot of criticism of his foreign policy, but he is generally a favorite due to his domestic policies.…
Prior to his assassination, he proposed that “This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” President Kennedy’s vision got the job done on time. His death speeded up our human destiny to explore and populate beyond Earth. Kennedy also changed the way…
The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy severely impacted the nation as a whole. The outraging killing by Sirhan Sirhan had done no justice as trying to make the nation better. Robert F. Kennedy was popular as to becoming the presidential candidate. This event of the assassination was one of the most shocking events in 1968 as Robert F. Kennedy was just gaining momentum to follow his brother, John, in the White House. The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy affected the people, locals, states, and nation severely because when Kennedy saw wrong he made it right, when saw suffering he would heal it, and when he saw war he tried to stop it and the nation looked up to him for that.…
JFK was more than a hero, but a great leader too. He was assassinated even after serving in the navy, serving in the House of Representatives and Senate, and serving as 35th President. His leadership had a big impact on America, and he will forever be remembered. Even though JFK was loved by many, some people just had to take his life with a…
Everyone knows Dwight Eisenhower as a War Hero or the President of the United States. In this speech, I want to talk about Eisenhower's humble upbringing which would lead him to Westpoint. His integrity that he possessed and his ability to dissolve nasty situations. Which would lead him to become one of the only 5 star generals the United States has ever seen. His notoriety that he gained along the way that took him all the way to the Oval office. Today I will be talking about the many accomplishments of this General and President.…
This Act changed the face of America as: Public transport; Hotels; Swimming pools and Restaurants were no longer segregated. This act also saw the end of segregation in employment. But the Acts he passed were seen as JFK’s Legacy, as he wanted to end segregation for Blacks, this meant that Congress did not oppose passing the Acts. Johnson also passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed tests in the South which could prevent an American from being allowed to vote. JFK himself was in favor of civil rights, but he was not very effective at working with Congress to get legislation passed. On the other hand, LBJ was a master at pushing legislation through Congress. Kennedy supported the Civil Rights Bill, but he couldn't get it through Congress, when Johnson became president, he did a lot of arm twisting and politicking in Congress.…
The assassination John F Kennedy was unjust because he fought for equal rights , he served for our country in the navy , & tried his best to show people what & how segregation was affecting the blacks . However, some people argue that he was just a rich man who didn't know how to use him money wisely & use it at right time for good causes. As Mr.Kennedy arrived to Dallas he was just suddenly hoping to be in the parade & go back to his LA home but instead Mr. Havard Lee Oswald decided to kill him . When John F Kennedy became president in 1961 , he did what all other president was trying to do , make the country the best & made sure no problems happened while he was in that spot . A good way he tried doing that was by protecting and fighting for equal rights.…
In the early stages of World War ll, Japanese Americans were living in peace on the West Coast. All was well until Pearl Harbor wreaked havoc about the United States of America. Billy, a Japanese American who lived to see that time, and was one of the many Japanese Americans who was sent to internment camps, because of their race. Because he and others like him had the same roots as those who bombed Pearl Harbor. The same roots. Not belief, not actions, not because of anything that they had control over. It was mere because of where they came from. If Franklin D. Roosevelt took to mind that he was forcing people out of their homes and lives, just because of where they came from and not that they did anything wrong----the horror that we know…
John F. Kennedy was an extremely liked president and was immensely influential. While he was president he always tried to find a peaceful way to handle things. Additionally, his presidency was so peaceful that when he died he wife began to refer to it as the “American Camelot,” and said, “There will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot” (Kennedy). Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 in Brooklyn Massachusetts and was one of nine children. When he was little he was almost always sick and when he was 3 years old he became sick and almost died from scarlet fever but eventually recovered.…
Its who he stopped from contributing that makes him important. While the assassination of JFK is big, it affected more than just the president. It effected the whole civil rights movement. This is the movement to get equal rights for minorities and females, as well as to enforce them. This was already a chaotic era and with the 4 major assignations against the movement’s leaders; many thought the cause was lost. However it only inspired them to not let the deaths be in vain. Whether Lee Harvey Oswald’s intentions were to stop the civil rights movement or to stop the resentment towards communism, America’s main enemy at the time, though out America, there are many theories about whether or not it was actually Lee Harvey Oswald who shot the president. These theories are still around today, but it official is known that Lee Harvey Oswald was the one, as they found the empty bullet shell that matched the one that hit the president in Lee Harvey Oswald’s sniper nest. After shooting the president, he left his nest but was confronted by a police officer, which he then shot and killed. This assassination would inspire many Film makers and authors to write stories, biographies, and documentaries about him and the assignation attempt. There is a lot of information surrounding the attempt, as well as theories. A year after the shooting, the US government stated that there were multiple shooters who were all after the…
Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American man who practiced Christianity. He was a very important figure in our history. He was born on January 15,1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents were Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta WIlliams King. He was born as Michael King and his father as well, but his father changed both of their names when they went to Germany to attend the Fifth Baptist World Alliance Congress in Berlin after German reformer Martin Luther. He had an older sister named Willie Christine King and a younger brother named Alfred Daniel Williams King. He suffered from depression during his younger years. He and his family were racially humiliated and did not like white people. At age 12, shortly after his maternal grandmother…