President John Kennedy Was a Great President "The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been” (Henry). This quote from Henry Kissinger is a representation of the Kennedy term in office. President Kennedy took the world to a whole new level; he succeeded in many tasks in his short time as president. John F. Kennedy was great president because of his involvements in the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ the Space Race‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ and the Peace Corps
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2010 there was a poll asking Americans to assess the last nine presidents from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. Kennedy came out on top with 85-percent approval. The only one close to him was Reagan with 74 percent. Nixon at the bottom with 29 percent. George W.‚ 47. And Johnson 49 percent. In another recent poll‚ Johnson is now down to 42 percent. Another poll‚ in which 68 percent of Americans say that they think of Johnson as only an ordinary or only an average or below-average president. People
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A great president is someone who is a strong leader‚ makes choices that will change the country for the better‚ and does what is best for the good of all the people. Some people would consider Andrew Jackson to be a great president because he did things such as revolutionizing presidential campaigning‚ which made him the first modern president‚ and using his presidential power to veto bills that he saw unfit or harmful. Others would argue that Andrew Jackson was a terrible president because he enforced
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Was Andrew Jackson a good president? Unlike presidents before Jackson‚ he was born poor and had to work extremely hard to get to where he did. He taught himself to read and write and put himself through law school. Some people will blacken his name but there are reasons as to why they do this. Jackson‚ I feel‚ seemed to handle things in an extreme manner. One example of an extreme manner is the forced relocation of Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi in 1838; known as the
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1000 days as President‚ I believe that he still deserves the reputation as one of our greatest Presidents. There are many reasons why JFK deserves the reputation. The biggest reason is because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the thirtieth President of the United States was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963. He was shot as his motorcade drove through Dallas‚ Texas‚ by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even though some people may believe that this killing was justified‚ the assassination of JFK is unjustified because there are many conspiracy theories and the police investigation was not thorough or documented correctly. First‚ there were many conspiracy theories. Many people believed that Lee Harvey Oswald had
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JFK “JFK‚ blown away‚ what else do I have to say?” John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s significance was that he won presidency after narrowly beating Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election. The debates between Nixon and Kennedy were the first to be televised and many tilted toward Kennedy because he looked younger and healthier than Nixon did‚ which introduced the idea that public image was highly influential in the way Americans voted. Among John F. Kennedy ’s most notable and long-standing
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Jackson could be considered a good president. Comparatively‚ there are many reasons he could be considered a poor president. He caused many native american tribes to leave their homeland. He also indirectly caused a depression of the US economy. Andrew Jackson is quoted as saying‚ “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” This was referring to the court case known as Worcester vs Georgia in which supreme court justice John Marshall ruled that it was unconstitutional for Georgia
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Why Benjamin Harrison Was a Good President Benjamin Harrison was the United State’s 23rd President. He did many things that were memorable‚ such as annexing Hawaii. Harrison was born in Ohio during the year 1833. He went to Farmer’s College‚ where he would meet his future wife‚ Catherine Scott. Harrison was a Republican who believed in African American rights. Harrison may have made a few mistakes‚ but he was overall a good President because of his work on the Sherman Silver Purchase Act‚ the Federal
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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America he was a very hard working individual from his early life‚ whenever he saw an opportunity he never hesitated in running towards it. He self educated himself‚ everything from being a lawyer and the arts of warfare. He never gave up on anything in his personal life as well as his presidential term. He was an excellent lawyer‚ successful politician and had a powerful influence on all his followers. None the less
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