John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. He was married to Jacqueline Bouvier. They had three children, Caroline, John Jr. and Patrick. JFK was elected to replace Dwight Eisenhower in 1960, barely beating Richard Nixon.
John F. Kennedy had many good ideas and services to the United States, Such as his economic programs that launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since WWI. In Kennedys first year in office he passed a bill allowing an increase of minimum wage and a bill granting federal aid to economically depressed areas of the United States. John F. Kennedy is really famous for solving a way through privation and poverty by creating the Peace Corps, which brought aid to developing countries. In doing all of this I think John F. Kennedy was one of our best Chief Guardians of the Economy.
During Kennedys term on office, he wanted an end to racism, and segregation. Kennedy appointed black people to many high positions in government and about forty blacks to administrative posts. He also elected five black judges, hoping to give blacks a fair chance in an economically developing America. In 1960 it was ruled by the Supreme Court that desegregation on interstate busses was illegal. And in 1961 that there were no seat regulations on color.
With Pressure rising between the United States and Russia, and the building of the Berlin wall in Germany. Kennedy had to reinforce the Berlin garrison. Kennedy did so by increased numbers in the armed forces and troops to Germany. He also pushed for the outer space race. Because instead of focusing on Europe Kennedy had to turn his attention on Cuba.
John F. Kennedy gave orders on April 17th, 1961 allowing a planned invasion of Cuba. This way known as the Bay Of Pigs. The invasion did not turn out very well. 20 months after Fidel Castro released the captured exiles in exchange for 53 million dollars worth of food and medicine. On October 14th, 1962 American U-2 spy planes stumbled upon Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile sites in construction in Cuba. This meant possible nuclear war. As Commander and Chief, Kennedy ordered naval blockades, in which all ships were inspected without exception. Kennedy ordered the soviets to remove all defensive weapons from Cuba. Finally weapons were removed after 13 days of intense actions.
With all the nuclear weapons produced, to keep up with the Russians, the United States needed to test these out. So Kennedy adopted a limited (Partial Test Ban Treaty), which did not allow testing on the ground, in the atmosphere, or underwater, but did not