what happened while John Kennedy was president?
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The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missle Crisis.  The Berlin Wall went up and JFK gave a speech in Berlin criticizing communism.  Things heated up in Southeast Asia and JFK sent Special Advisors (one of them Robert McNamara) into Viet Nam to report on the situation.  John Glenn became the first man to orbit the Earth and Kennedy asked Congress to approve more than 22 billion dollars for Project Apollo, which had the goal of landing an American man on the Moon before the end of the decade.  Kennedy appointed Byron Raymond White and Arthur Joseph Goldberg to the US Supreme Court (both in 1962).  Kennedy used the term New Frontier as a label for his domestic programs. It ambitiously promised federal funding for education, health care for the elderly, and government intervention to halt the recession. He formed the Peace Corps and put his brother-in-law, Sargeant Shriver, in charge.  Kennedy also promised an end to racial discrimination.  He sent US Marshalls to protect the Freedom Riders and federal troops to stop the race riot at the University of Mississippi when James Meredith was admitted as a student.  His wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, refurbished the White House and secured funding for it and its artifacts by classifying it as a museum.  Also on the domestic front, in 1963 Kennedy proposed a tax reform that included income tax cuts, but this was not passed by the Congress until after his death in 1964. It is one of the largest tax cuts in modern U.S. history, surpassing the Reagan tax cut of 1981.
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In 1960, Kennedy declared his intent to run for President of the United States. In the Democratic primary election, he faced challenges from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, and Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic nominee in 1952 and 1956 who was not officially running but was a favorite write-in candidate. Kennedy won key primaries like Wisconsin and West Virginia. In the latter state, Kennedy made a visit to a coal mine, and talked to the mine workers to win their support, as most people in that conservative, mostly Protestant state were deeply suspicious about Kennedy being a Catholic. Kennedy emerged as a universally acceptable candidate for the party after that victory.\n\nKennedy is also the first and only Roman Catholic ever to become President, the first president to serve who was born in the 20th century, the last to die while still in office, the last Democrat from the North to be elected, and the last to be elected while serving in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy died the youngest of any U.S. president, at 46 years and 177 days, when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
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Giancanna (sp?) was the Chicago mob boss in the 50s and 60s and knew Kennedy's father from prohibition days.  Kennedy's father told G that JFK had to win Illinios to win the election.  G made all his union leaders campaign for Kennedy.  When JFK won, G thought he had the president in his back pocket. JFK disagreed and he & his brother attacked the mob.  Eventually they both died.  Go to netflix.com and search for documentarys on Giancanna.  It's fascinating.
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When John Kennedy got assasinated. I was a small boy and I couldn't believe it could happen to our President.
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President Kennedy upset some VERY powerful people in the USA. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that the President is the most powerful person in the country.\n\nLee Harvey Oswald was a pawn working for someone else and had to be killed.
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He was just copying what he saw others doing with no clue as to what was going on. He never was very bright as a child or as a drug sodden adult.\n\nI remember that whole sequence of events very vividly. I was in shock that the President of the United States had been murdered. Many people were shocked, driving home I turned my lights on and so did everybody else, like one gigantic funeral procession. I was not particularly fond of Kennedy, he was not a very good president, which would have become obvious in time. But the office of President had been violated.\n\nWhat was really disturbing was when they arrested Lee Oswald I made the comment "He'll never live long enough to stand trial. then when Jack Ruby was convicted I said "He'll be dead in short order from heart failure, pneumonia or an STD. Those were the excuses given at that time for politically convenient deaths, I was surprised when it was announced that he had died of heart failure and pneumonia resulting from a serious case of syphilis.
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Frankly I was not aware of this till now. But I did some 1 hour research for you question and here is what I found out.\n\nKennedy used "Castro-Card" to defeat Nixon as the Cold War was in full force. But he was unaware that the CIA had all planned and was more than happy to have the hawkish Kennedy to get elected.\n\nApparently Kennedy developed cold feet and tried to avoid "US Involvement" and did some utterly stupid changes to the plan which nothing but doomed the invasion. Its the worst fiasco to hit the Kennedy Administration.\n\nHere are some links with more material for your essay. If possible buy/rent that book "Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs ". You will blow your peers' essays with your explosive view points...\n\nAll the Best. Please do message me as how you did and what score it fetched to you..\n\n.:Fishie:.
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kennedy, johnson, nixon
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Kennedy was both a visionary and pragmatic.  He wished to extend Civil Rights protection to the black community.  Unfortunately, (white) America was not ready for these changes and fought bitterly against legislation that would assist blacks, especially in the south.  Realizing this, Kennedy did not push strongly for such changes, because he did not want to distance himself too much from white voters.  Accordingly, many of his ideas stalled and were not implemented later on in his presidency. \nYou should know that both the courts and the Lyndon Johnson administration finally did implement much of his ageenda.
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Kennedy insisted on "doing the right thing", which pissed off a LOT of people, especially including the CIA (he was about to appoint his brother Robert as head), the Anti-commies in the Pentagon (he repeatedly canned invasion plans for Cuba), and organized crime - Mafia (again, they lost big when Castro took Cuba and they wanted it back, among other things, Robert was also prosecuting mobsters with a vengeance with John's federal backing).  The federal reserve bankers also had an interest, as Kennedy signed an order to keep silver-backed reserve notes in circulation and had the marginalizing of the central bank on the agenda.  Undoubtedly, Nixon and Johnson were both the largest winners in the Kennedy slaying, Johnson being able to appease his industrial buddies by escalating Viet Nam, and Nixon finally being able to take office.  Nixon is also the primary suspect in two other killings of political rivals during their candidacy.
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The Illuminati.\nI had to do a report on them and sought all ranges of info.\nIt turns out they've slowly come to control most governments (major and minor) with America as a strong foothold.\nSupposedly, all the American presidents were either members of the Illuminati or were approved by them somehow.\n\nIt seems the Kennedy family was "punished" for not playing along with the Illuminati game plan. Somehow, they control or affect almost everything.\n(Scary stuff to do research on... trust me)
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I don't know if this helps but this is about Abraham Linconln and John F. Kennedy.\n\nØ Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. \nØ John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. \n\nØ Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. \nØ John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. \nØ Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. \n\nØ Both wives lost a child while living in the White House. \n\nØ Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. \n\nØ Both Presidents were shot in the head. \n\nNow it gets really weird. \n\nØ Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. \nØ Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln. \n\nØ Both were assassinated by Southerners. \n\nØ Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. \n\nØ Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. \nØ Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. \n\nØ John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. \nØ Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. \n\nØ Both assassins were known by their three names. \n\nØ Both names are composed of fifteen letters. \n\nNow hang on to your seat. \n\nØ Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford." \nØ Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford." \n\nØ Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials. \n\nAnd here's the "kicker" \n\nØ A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland (U.S) \nØ A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe. \n\nØ And Lincoln was shot in a theatre and the assassin ran to a warehouse. \nØ Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to the theatre.
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JFK would have, had he not been assassinated.\nOtherwise...who cares as long as Bush no longer has another family member run for office.
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It is so hard to speculate what he would have done. An assassins bullet ended any hope for a Kennedy to be president. However he had the same drive as his brother Jack and had that Kennedy charisma that was well understood at the time. His stint as attorney general earmarked the fact that he was tough on organized crime. His public service record was certainly wonderful. I think he would have advanced the civil rights movement. Johnson's war on poverty would have not lost steam and many people would have advanced in life. I would hope that we would have public health care by now if he had been president then. What is wrong with the richest peoples on earth providing a means for a hand up to people that have been pushed down for so long.
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I just did a search for "Kennedy Administration and the Middle East" and came up with the web site listed below.  It looks very interesting.  Good Luck.
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This link here should help you\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_assassination_theories
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Kennedy and McNamara got pissed because the USSR were installing nuclear weapons on Cuban soil. World held its breath for WW III and the Soviets removed the missiles and JFK got us involved in Vietnam.