One of the defining events in Kennedy's presidency, and in the world's history, was the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October 16, 1962, …show more content…
Kennedy made so many amazing and great things happen not only for the United States, but the whole world. If the Cuban Missile Crisis hadn't been handled by John F. Kennedy, the consequences could have been detrimental. JFK thought through the situation thoroughly and came up with a plan. He cooperated with Nikita Kruschev, and together, they agreed on an outcome that made it so that no missiles were fired. Also, JFK showed his true leadership skills by creating the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps have helped countless people all around the world for many decades. John F. Kennedy also solved a huge problem going on at his time of presidency, which was the USA's lack of relations with Latin American countries. He sought out to improve those relations, and he did. He gave many Latin American countries resources to have a better quality of life. Improving those relations helped the USA and those Latin American countries, as well as many Latin American people. All of those steps that President John F. Kennedy took to improve the country brought so many benefits and positive changes to not only USA citizens, but citizens all over the world. Those things, among many more, make John F. Kennedy the best president of the United