John+F.+Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy By: Danielle John. F. Kennedy was very important to the 20th century. He was important to his family, the American people, and the world. John F. Kennedy was a young, positive, and enthusiastic President. He wanted to improve the lives of all people in the United States by supporting equal rights. He also wanted to keep the United States as a leader in keeping peace throughout the world. John .F. Kennedy was a child of nine, his family included his dad Joseph P. Kennedy, his mom Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, his brothers Joe, Robert, and Edward, and his sisters Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, and Patricia. He married Jacqueline and had three children John Jr., Caroline, and Patrick who died at a very young age. When his brother, Joe Jr. died it was his dad’s wish that the eldest child would be in politics. Since Joe was gone John became a senator. He was a Democrat and won his Senate seat as Senator of Boston and was a part of the U.S House of Representatives. During the race everybody said, “No one is going to vote for a rich kid.” He proved them wrong by winning 42% of the votes for the Democratic candidacy. In November, at age 29, John F. Kennedy became the youngest person in Congress. After his time in the Senate, John ran for the presidency against Richard Nixon. Their debate was the 1st to be aired on television, so their appearance was important. Nixon came in sweaty, his shirt was too short, he was 20 pounds under weight, and he had a five o’clock shadow. But … Kennedy was handsome, calm, and not sweaty. The people who watched the debate on TV thought John won, but the people who listened to it on the radio thought Nixon won. When John moved into the White House he was the wealthiest president in history. He had never paid his own bills and he was not a good public speaker. His Vice President was Lyndon B. Johnson. Some of the many problems he faced included the Soviet Union possibly declaring war if he bombed the missile sight, known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. He decided to call a navel blockade on Cuba. They made a deal that the missiles will be taken away from Cuba if they wouldn’t take the missiles in Turkey. On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas Lee Harvey Oswald fired a rifle from the 6th floor of the book depository in Dallas and killed John F. Kennedy. While the police carried Lee away an hour and a half after the shooting. Lee was killed by a man named Ruby. The 1st bulletin was on CBS. Works Cited Cooper, Ilene. __Jack__. New York: Penguin, 2003. Harper, Judith E. __John F. Kennedy our thirty-fifth president__. Chanhassen, Minn: Child's World, 2002. Heiligman, Deborah. __High hopes a photobiography of John F. Kennedy__. Washington, D.C: National Geographic, 2003. __Infobits.com - Infobits Resources and Information. This website is for sale!__ 26 May 2009 . Krull, Kathleen. __Lives of the presidents fame, shame, and what the neighbors thought__. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998.