John F. Kennedy President Essay John F. Kennedy was one of America's best president to serve in office. Kennedy was well educated and committed to improve domestic policy issues such as poverty and health care. Although John F. Kennedy came from an extremely wealthy and powerful background, he was an effective president because he solved major events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights Movement while in office.
John F. Kennedy was an American politician who served as the thirty- fifth President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963 ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy"). Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 into a wealthy and Irish Catholic family ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy"). He was raised in Brookline, …show more content…
“Kennedy directed his staff to begin work in October 1963 on a comprehensive, coordinated attack on poverty” (“The John F. Kennedy Administration”). Unfortunately Kennedy was assassinated long before any changes could be made. But, “His successor, Lyndon Johnson, took many of Kennedy's ideas and turned it into his own domestic program known as the War on Poverty” (“The John F. Kennedy Administration”). Thanks to JFK, “In June 1961 the administration gained passage of a $4.88 billion omnibus housing act to broaden and extend programs in urban renewal, public housing, and housing for the elderly and for college students” (“The John F. Kennedy Administration”). This was one of many improvements Kennedy would of been able to contribute if not assassinated. The purpose of housing was to decreased overpopulation in certain areas and to provide housing for the elderly and college students. John F kennedy “Kennedy, whose sister Rosemary Kennedy was mentally retarded, took exceptional interest in a proposal to advance the cause of mental health through the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963” (“The John F. Kennedy …show more content…
He responded quickly as chief to prevent a war. “On October 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy and his advisers were stunned to learn that the Soviet Union was, without provocation, installing nuclear-armed medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba” (Schwarz). This was considered a threat to the United States because the weapons were extremely dangerous and were strong enough to reach the west coast America. “The president's combination of toughness and restraint, of will, nerve, and wisdom, so brilliantly controlled, so matchless calibrated, that it dazzled the world — the Soviet leadership blinked: Moscow dismantled the missiles, and a cataclysm was averted” (Schwarz). John F Kennedy acted quick on his feet as commander in Chief to prevent a war from breaking out against Cuba and America because if he wouldn’t have the missiles may have been
John F. Kennedy was an American politician who served as the thirty- fifth President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963 ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy"). Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 into a wealthy and Irish Catholic family ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy"). He was raised in Brookline, …show more content…
“Kennedy directed his staff to begin work in October 1963 on a comprehensive, coordinated attack on poverty” (“The John F. Kennedy Administration”). Unfortunately Kennedy was assassinated long before any changes could be made. But, “His successor, Lyndon Johnson, took many of Kennedy's ideas and turned it into his own domestic program known as the War on Poverty” (“The John F. Kennedy Administration”). Thanks to JFK, “In June 1961 the administration gained passage of a $4.88 billion omnibus housing act to broaden and extend programs in urban renewal, public housing, and housing for the elderly and for college students” (“The John F. Kennedy Administration”). This was one of many improvements Kennedy would of been able to contribute if not assassinated. The purpose of housing was to decreased overpopulation in certain areas and to provide housing for the elderly and college students. John F kennedy “Kennedy, whose sister Rosemary Kennedy was mentally retarded, took exceptional interest in a proposal to advance the cause of mental health through the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963” (“The John F. Kennedy …show more content…
He responded quickly as chief to prevent a war. “On October 16, 1962, John F. Kennedy and his advisers were stunned to learn that the Soviet Union was, without provocation, installing nuclear-armed medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba” (Schwarz). This was considered a threat to the United States because the weapons were extremely dangerous and were strong enough to reach the west coast America. “The president's combination of toughness and restraint, of will, nerve, and wisdom, so brilliantly controlled, so matchless calibrated, that it dazzled the world — the Soviet leadership blinked: Moscow dismantled the missiles, and a cataclysm was averted” (Schwarz). John F Kennedy acted quick on his feet as commander in Chief to prevent a war from breaking out against Cuba and America because if he wouldn’t have the missiles may have been