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    the United States was a long talked about topic from the everyday American to our Presidents. In the 1960s two of our Presidents, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B, Johnson, deliver speeches on civil rights. Both Kennedy and Johnson are effective in their speeches using their credibility as Presidents to back up the statistical and logical evidence they both use. But Kennedy is more effective in delivering his speech because he uses everyday situations to appeal to the audience’s emotion. He also…

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    In John F. Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address,” Kennedy tries to convey that all nations and citizens need to unite in order to prevent the destruction of the world through nuclear warfare. In regard to international conflict, Kennedy is seeking to end the Cold War and wants to promote peace between all countries. In Kennedy’s speech, he states, “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors” (Kennedy 285). In this quote, Kennedy states his wishes to promote the great…

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    20.1- Kennedy and the Cold War • Election of 1960 o As the postwar of the 1950’s was coming to an end, so the presidency of General Eisenhower. o Motivated by the fact that the Soviet Union was gaining technological advances after the launch of Sputnik, the new candidates were more passionate than ever to make America number 1 again.  These candidates include the famous John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. o Even though both candidates were popular and young, the aspect of Kennedy that gave…

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    The assassination of a President has only happened a few times, and the most suspicious one is the assassination of the 35th President John F. Kennedy. There have been more theories and speculations about this incident than almost any other incident in American history. But, one may wonder, what are the facts about this tragic event? The facts go as such… The president was on his way to lunch with prominent Dallas citizens on November 22, 1963. The route the motorcade would take was published…

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    and cooperation of both John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, a nuclear war, and undoubtedly a third world war, were averted. Without looking at the decisions made by John F. Kennedy and his staff in hindsight, I will explain why they made the right ones while also taking a closer look at the Cuban Missile Crisis. The book starts with a mention of the Cold War and that the United States and the Soviet Union were always fighting to gain an edge in power over the other.…

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    Patrick Henry and John .F. Kennedy America is filled with motivational speakers. Citizens look to these individuals for inspiration, guidance, and anything else one might be seeking. Patrick Henry and John .F. Kennedy (JFK) are just two of many authors. Readers understand each of these speakers opinions on what freedom, equality, and nationalism means to them. Whether comparing or contrastion neither is right nor wrong. Patrick Henry and JFK were similar when discussing the value of freedom.…

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    moments of President John F. Kennedy. Cordoned off from the church’s perimeter, many of them captured emotional photos of the Kennedy family, as they mourn the death of the United States President that died just three days prior, in Dallas, TX, as a result of an assassination. Of the hundreds of photos taken on that dreadful day, Stan Stearns, from United Press International, captured the most acclaimed photos in Kennedy history. The portrait depicts a young John F. Kennedy, Jr., who was…

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    person who exhibited all of this was John F. Kennedy. Unfortunately, At noon on November 22,1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. He was just riding on a motorcade through Dealey Plaza and then he died for something that happened. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because he was a good leader for the United States, he introduced the (CEEO) and he made the Space Program possible. On the other hand, others believed that John F. Kennedy was not a good leader because he was…

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    BAM the president is shot dead.In 1963 in the state of Texas president John F Kennedy was visiting the state of Texas and while riding in he's car out of nowhere BAM a shot from a building is fired and hits the president in the head and kills president John F Kennedy. Now a question you must ask is was this murder of president John F Kennedy a unjust or just. The assassnation of John F Kennedy is unjust because John F Kennedy helped the United States of America win the space race he Also helped…

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    knowledge was definitely broadened throughout reading it. I learned a lot about John F. Kennedy, his wife, his family and the people surrounding him. I learned about the events leading up to Kennedy’s death. Including the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Civil Rights Movement(talked about above). Something else that occurred during Kennedy 's term that was a difficult thing to go through was Jackie and John losing their baby, Patrick after birth. In 1963, the president and his wife…

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