John F. Kennedy's Role In Revolutionizing American Politics

Danielle Marks American Studies T,TH 9:00 Perry Hornbacher Shaping the Future John F. Kennedy is not a name easily forgotten. He was known for many things including dealing with foreign affairs, his glamorous lifestyle, and young charisma. He represented a new beginning that America felt it needed when he ran for the presidency in 1961.

A Day That Changed America John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35 President of the United States. Though he was only in office a short time, he made lasting changes in the country.(Complex) His assassination changed America forever. JFK will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents of all time because as he stated, “Things do not happen, things are made to happen.” That was his approach to his time in office. JFK was born in Brooklyn Massachusetts, May 29, 1917.

President John F. Kennedy has always been a favorite president by many, even to those not in his generation. The article The Kennedy Myth and American Politics written by Herbert S. Parmet emphasized his reign as President of the United States. This article delves into the political realm and compares John F. Kennedy and the Kennedyites to the Johnson administration.

John F Kennedy was elected president in one of the closest elections in United States History. He beat Nixon by 118,550 votes out of a total of 69 million. This was one of the closest election ever and still is. After being elected, he helped with many problems and even started a space program. The space program was a goal that John F. Kennedy had. His goal was to send a man to walk on the moon by the end of the decade. As we can tell, he succeeded. President Kennedy understood the need to restore America's confidence and intended not to match the Soviets, but pass them. On May 25, 1961, he stood before Congress to deliver a special message on urgent national needs. He asked for an additional 7 billion to 9 billion dollars over the next five

“Debating the Kennedy Presidency,” is written by two authors, James N. Giglio and Stephen G. Rabe, who discuss John F. Kennedy’s presidency, “…both eminent scholars who have studied Kennedy’s administration and have come up with two very different evaluations. The result adds an interesting new dimension to the debate over the Kennedy presidency…” –Burton I. Kaufman. John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. He joined the military, served both the U.S. House of Representative and U.S. Senate, and later the 35th president of the United States. Kennedy gained those political positions with the help of his war hero status and family wealth. He was the first Catholic and youngest president, behind Theodore Roosevelt. The two authors discuss the issues Kennedy faced during his short time in office: Cuban missile crisis, Cold War, foreign affairs, and domestic policy.

Throughout the United States 's history there have been a variety of important characteristics within presidents. Whether it be Harry Truman 's critical decision making, to Ronald Reagan 's great communication skills, Mr. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 's oration adroitness surely make him the most preeminent president America has had to this day. Not only do his ability 's to speak in a very essential manner make him the very best, but also the way he handled many of the United States 's problems during his period as U.S. President. We have seen many presidents do great in The White House, but none compare to the great man, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

The assassination of president Kennedy is arguably one the most debated conspiracies in American history. In the fall of 1963, president John Fitzgerald Kennedy along with his political advisers were preparing for the presidential campaign. While he had not officially announced his candidacy, it was rather clear that Kennedy intended to run and seemed optimistic about his chances of re-election. As part of his campaign, Kennedy traveled westward through nine different states in less than a week to speak about natural resource and conservation efforts as well education, national security and world peace.

On January 20, 1961, former president John F. Kennedy orated his inaugural address at the United States Capitol. Kennedy’s deliverance highlighted his prospective presidency, enumerating key issues such as: economic expansion, social advancements, and new diplomatic relations. Consequently, it was here, when Kennedy questioned his audience one of the most historically-acclaimed quotes in United States history, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”. Kennedy, the youngest president our Nation had ever seen, beautifully defined civic responsibility. Civic responsibility lets the individual discover and internalize their own potential and allows the individual to assist others to do the same. Therefore,

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was born on May 29 1917 in Brooklyn Massachusetts. JFK is a game changer because he wanted to save people’s lives by abolishing the federal death penalty. He also prohibited racial discrimination and laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. JFK was the 35th president of the United States. He served in both the House of Representatives and the Senate before becoming the 35th president.

President Kennedy's short-term as president was awful. But some of his accomplishments were not as terrible. President Kennedy was the first catholic president. Kennedy prevented a nuclear Armageddon after a failed attempt to throw Fidel Castro in 1961. Kennedy emphasized public service, and said "ask not what you can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." President Kennedy established the peace corps. President Kennedy also set goal to put man on the moon. President Kennedy's project Apollo was the first manned expedition to the moon. Another one of President Kennedy's accomplishments was abolishing the death

John (Jack) Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America in 1960 -1963. His hair was reddish brown, his eyes were green and gray, and his skin color was peach. His height was 6’0 and weight was 170 pounds. He was a leader that the people could’ve trusted, a protector where he wouldn’t let anything happen to the people of his country, and a person that wants to see the people of America succeed from what he’s done. He had the skills to control big problems and not let them get out of hand and when Americans had problems he would have a compromise.

As a child, he is very sickly, he grows up exposed to politics all around, however he enlists in the military. Following a traumatic experience, he is released due to a back-related injury. This is when Kennedy involves himself in his destiny of politics. With only serving as the president of the United States for two years, his life is cut short by a man that goes by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald. To this day, there are still unidentified facts.

Kennedy 's personality made him personable. The way he would speak to Americans like he was their friend but also their leader captivate Americans. The way he presented himself to the public, never showing that he was nervous or stressed, but always looking like he had everything together comforted Americans. Kennedy influence America by changing the way we vote. Since his election in 1960, voting has never been the same.

Kennedy called his domestic program that was known as the New Frontier. A program that was ambitiously promising to give federal funding for education to those with low income, medical care to the elderly so they gotten the best treatment. Even economic aid to people who were living in the rural regions of America as well as government intervention to help halt the recession, it was a period of temporary economic decline for all trade and industrial activities for farms and factories, causing income of profit in America to reduce. Kennedy had also promised an end to racial discrimination toward colored people. He told everyone this deal in his speech at the Democratic Convention, saying that not all problems are won through, just at many problems are not solved.

Kennedy only used television to spread important speeches to all of America, which he used only 9 times. (American Presidency, 354) Kennedy was also the president during the Space Race with the Soviet Union. Kennedy was the president when John Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. (jfklibrary) When in office, Kennedy face many issues and conflicts. Through all of them he still stayed firm in his peace first policy.