Explain Why Kennedy Handled The Cuban Missile Crisis
. I do not think that President Kennedy handled the Cuban missile crisis well because Kennedy agreed with Eisenhower’s plan which was for the military in the U.S. to go into the Bay of Pigs to stop the Cuban Military. The plan backfired on him because the U.S. military did not make it in time and many Americans in the military lost their lives. The U.S. was seen as joke to the Cubans. Since, the United States decided to go against Cuba the Cubans teamed up with the Soviet Union. The Cubans decided to throw missiles in the U.S. which made President Kennedy feel weak because he had to tell the nation that missiles may come into the U.S. These two incidents show why Kennedy did not handle the Cuban Missile Crisis well.
2. Kennedys decision to …show more content…
Lyndon Johnsons experiences influenced him as president because in the year 1937 he got a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives where he spoke out about issues that were happening in the U.S. Roosevelt noticed how intelligent and outspoken he was so, got a seat in Congress and was FDR’s right hand man. People knew him as a man who was able to get people to agree with his views. He also had very great views being a Protestant in the South which is why people wanted him to run.
JHK’S Cuban Missile Crisis Speech
• Kennedy displays how the government have been monitoring Cuba with their Soviet affairs
• He explains that Cuba wants to attack the Western Hemisphere
• Kennedy states how he told the military to have a higher alert on Cuba
• He explains the specifics of the missiles like a distance of more 1000 miles
• Wants to attack places in the United States like the Panama Canal
• Soviet Union want to attack the more important cities in the U.S.
• It is going to ruin Americans peace
• Kennedy states how he is giving out warnings to the Soviet Union
• Cubans believe they are doing this for defense against other countries
• Soviet Union are using rockets
• Stating information that is false
• The Soviet Union and United States use the weapons with great
2. Kennedys decision to …show more content…
Lyndon Johnsons experiences influenced him as president because in the year 1937 he got a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives where he spoke out about issues that were happening in the U.S. Roosevelt noticed how intelligent and outspoken he was so, got a seat in Congress and was FDR’s right hand man. People knew him as a man who was able to get people to agree with his views. He also had very great views being a Protestant in the South which is why people wanted him to run.
JHK’S Cuban Missile Crisis Speech
• Kennedy displays how the government have been monitoring Cuba with their Soviet affairs
• He explains that Cuba wants to attack the Western Hemisphere
• Kennedy states how he told the military to have a higher alert on Cuba
• He explains the specifics of the missiles like a distance of more 1000 miles
• Wants to attack places in the United States like the Panama Canal
• Soviet Union want to attack the more important cities in the U.S.
• It is going to ruin Americans peace
• Kennedy states how he is giving out warnings to the Soviet Union
• Cubans believe they are doing this for defense against other countries
• Soviet Union are using rockets
• Stating information that is false
• The Soviet Union and United States use the weapons with great