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    During John F. Kennedy’s presidency‚ he used the “flexible response” method in order to avoid conflict. The flexible response method was a method that did not allow weapons to be used. The flexible response had many different options so that it can enhance the credibility towards the United States‚ but also made it risky towards them because they either had to respond in all levels or not respond at all. In the article‚ Kennedy mentioned that “he wanted to deter all wars‚ general or limited‚ nuclear

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    John F. Kennedy versus Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were both very popular presidents of the United States of America. They both had tremendous influences on history that can never be forgotten. Both of them were elected to congress in 1946‚ which was a period when Republicans were taking control of Congress. During the presidential election of 1960‚ both candidates had unorthodox viewpoints. There is a quote from Nixon when he was looking at a portrait of Kennedy that says

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    INTRODUCTION It is widely accepted that George Bush Snr. was forced to play out his presidency in the mighty shadow of Ronald Reagan. Reagan ’s charm and personality was one of his greatest strengths and‚ even now‚ is widely revered for his time as President. Bush was reportedly always conscious of people ’s expectations of him in view of his predecessor and this burden seemed to weigh heavily. Reagan ’s achievements in Washington were considerable if not in number than in impact. His political

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    Lyndon B. Johnson's Legacy

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    “Yesterday is not ours to recover‚ but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” Many hated Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency because of his actions during the Vietnam. This incident clouded his legacy and influenced how people saw his presidency. Millions saw his presidency as a disgrace‚ that it had started and ended in tragedy‚ but there was more to him that met their eyes. Johnson was an aggressive man‚ he wanted to be able to control everyone so they were within his reach when he needed them.

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    president‚ John F. Kennedy. Kennedy taking the step to help reassured the people with his speech on the issue of inflation of steel prices on April 11th‚ 1962. With his charisma and and knowledge‚ John F. Kennedy used ethos‚ pathos‚ and diction to develop his speech and inform the people of his abilities and love for the nation. During the year of 1962 the

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    Unfortunately this was the case in America on the date November 22nd‚ 1963 with President John F. Kennedy. By the fall of 1963 John F. Kennedy was pretty confident that he was going to win the presidential race and be reelected. So John F. Kennedy and his political advisors planned on going to Dallas‚ Texas to win the state

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    “A man may die‚ nations may rise and fall‚ but an idea lives on” (John F. Kennedy)‚ once said the 35th president of the United States Of America. People have many questions about his assassination. A few of these questions will be answered‚ such as; who was involved‚ where and when he was pronounced dead‚ how many shots were fired‚ and what people thought at first.One thing that we do know is how John F. Kennedy assassinated‚ but this information may help us understand it better. The first event

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    will never surrender‚” (Kennedy 3). John F. Kennedy spoke those words in his University of Washington speech. During the Cold War‚ President Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ and Kennedy all fought against communism during the war‚ but Truman and Eisenhower used containment to fight the war‚ while Kennedy used flexible response. Containment was created by George Kennan which was used to resist the Soviet Union from spreading communism to other countries (Ayers 819). President John F. Kennedy used flexible response

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    Robert F Kennedy

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    Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) So many times in the past‚ those of us who have stood up for the rights of the human race‚ who have proposed and even implemented change‚ have been liked by a majority but through the hatred of the minority they are destroyed. Sometimes this destruction is literal‚ for example assassination. This was the case for Robert F. Kennedy‚ born on November 20th‚ 1925 and who died on June 5th‚ 1968‚ with three bullet wounds to his chest. This is who I will be talking about

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    amount of depth and is often fascinating. The assassination of John F. Kennedy is commonly the center of topic today. When a young reader is given a variety of genres‚ Non-Fiction does not often come to mind. The President Has Been Shot by James Swanson is an exemplary assassination novel that provides information about Lee Harvey Oswald (Kennedy’s killer) while the author goes into extreme detail of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and how it made a huge impact on the American people and its

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