Kennedy was a successful president; he secured peace over Cuba and made great progress on Civil Rights issues. Do you agree with this interpretation?

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Kennedy was a successful president; he secured peace over Cuba and made great progress on Civil Rights issues.

Do you agree with this interpretation?

John F Kennedy was born is Brookline, Massachusetts in May 29th 1917 into a large political family.

He at 23 years old graduated from Harvard, when he went into the Navy during the war his PT boat sunk and yet even with injuries led many survivors home. He was the 35th president in the USA and was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person to be elected.

After the war he became a Democratic congressman. On September 12th 1953 he married Jacqueline Bouvier who at the time was described as a young and beautiful lady, which made him a very lucky man. He also wrote a book which won a special award called the Pulitzer Prize.

In 1956 he was nominated for Vice President. During the presidential campaign of 1960 he became famous for TV debates with Richard M. Nixon candidate. In November of that year he won the presidential elections.

He was known also because of he never forgotten speak. He said:

“Ask not what your country can do for you- but what you can do for your country”.

Kennedy makes a perfect picture frame image especially with his wife and children. He is the perfect family man who is young, glamorous and has everything is going for him. Through-out his life he won the hearts of many by making the right decisions and he gained the trust worthy vote.

Kennedy was a war hero – he had been awarded a medal for bravery from saving people’s lives rescuing them, after their boat was sunk by the Japanese in Wold War ll.

After his death in 1982 people in the US still remembered him as a great leader. He was the most trusted and set the highest moral standards, he also possessed the most appealing personality. He died a young, proud man but due to jealously he was assassinated in front of people who had a very positive image of him.

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In the people’s eyes around him he was a hero and what he believed are submerged by the demands of those who now mourned him.

Kennedy’s name became famous as a president in 1962 with the solution for the Cuban Missile Crisis. The problem that arose was that all the missile bases were being built on Cuba.

On October 16th Kennedy was informed of the missile build up. He then realised that without boarding a naval blockade of Cuba to try to stop the soviets to withdrawn their missiles could hit all the cities of the US. On the ...

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