John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United States of America.
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John F. Kennedy35th President of the
United States of America
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Background
• Born 5/29/1917• Died1/22/1963• Grew Up in Brookline, Mass.
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Obstacles
• Slipped a disk in his back playing football.
• Addison’s Disease later in his life.
• JFK had many illnesses as a child.
• These included “whooping caugh”, chicken pox, and measles.
• At three years old John got scarlet fever which was a potentially life threatening disease in the era and almost died from it.
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Accomplishments
• Leader in the Space Race against the Soviets.
• Solved the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Designed he Limited Nuclear Test Ban with Russia and United Kingdom
• Youngest man elected president and first Catholic to be President of the United States of America.
• Put an unrecorded amount of blacks to high positions in his administration which strengthened the Civil Rights Commission.“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
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“America has tossed its cap over the wall of space”
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Media Viewpoint
• Had high approval ratings.
• Always between 50%-80%.
• Very well liked for his breath taking speeches and the calmness in which he handled though situations.
• Even though he was a great American he was assonated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Has been the subject of many books, articles, etc…
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So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to
the means by which those differences can be resolved
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Works Cited
• “A Life in Brief.” 12 Mar 2009 http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/kennedy.
• “JFK in History.” Cuban Missile Crisis [2009] 2. 112 Mar 2009 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+history/Cuban+Missile+Crisis.htm.
• Sidey, Hugh. John F. Kennedy, President. McClelland & Stewart, 1963.