The JFK Era
Meghan Joseph
The Kennedy Era
Our 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was the leader of the Democratic Party from 1961-1963, believer in a strong Navy and even stronger country. He was wed to first lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. Together the two had three children, his daughter Caroline, and sons John Jr. and Patrick. On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas he was gunned down by an assassin during a midday motorcade. While the murder of any President is a national tragedy, this event significantly impacted America because JFK was just past his first one thousand days in office. John F. Kennedy’s presidency had a profound effect on America and its history due to his contributions to the country as a whole. These contributions/accomplishments …show more content…
It was formed to expand our horizons and learn about the universe outside our own world, and also to “catch up to” the Soviet Union’s space efforts. In his January 1961 State of the Union Address, he suggested international cooperation in space. Kennedy first announced the goal for landing an American on the Moon in the speech to a Joint Session of Congress on May 25, 1961, and this is a quote from that speech: "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space …show more content…
On October 14, 1962, CIA U-2 spy planes took photographs in Cuba of intermediate-range ballistic missile sites under construction by the Soviets in previous months. This quote was taken directly from the first announcement Kennedy made regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis: “This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military build-up on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive Missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.” The photos were shown to Kennedy on October 16, 1962, and a consensus was reached that the missiles were offensive in nature and thus posed an immediate nuclear threat to our country, and possibly the ones surrounding. If the U.S. attacked the sites, it might lead to nuclear war with the U.S.S.R., but if the U.S. did nothing, it would be faced with the increased threat from close range nuclear weapons. More than one third of the members of the NSC favored an unannounced air assault on the missile sites. But, there could be no assurance from the Council that the assault would be 100% effective. Kennedy decided on a naval quarantine, and on October 22nd dispatched a
The Kennedy Era
Our 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was the leader of the Democratic Party from 1961-1963, believer in a strong Navy and even stronger country. He was wed to first lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. Together the two had three children, his daughter Caroline, and sons John Jr. and Patrick. On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas he was gunned down by an assassin during a midday motorcade. While the murder of any President is a national tragedy, this event significantly impacted America because JFK was just past his first one thousand days in office. John F. Kennedy’s presidency had a profound effect on America and its history due to his contributions to the country as a whole. These contributions/accomplishments …show more content…
It was formed to expand our horizons and learn about the universe outside our own world, and also to “catch up to” the Soviet Union’s space efforts. In his January 1961 State of the Union Address, he suggested international cooperation in space. Kennedy first announced the goal for landing an American on the Moon in the speech to a Joint Session of Congress on May 25, 1961, and this is a quote from that speech: "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space …show more content…
On October 14, 1962, CIA U-2 spy planes took photographs in Cuba of intermediate-range ballistic missile sites under construction by the Soviets in previous months. This quote was taken directly from the first announcement Kennedy made regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis: “This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military build-up on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive Missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.” The photos were shown to Kennedy on October 16, 1962, and a consensus was reached that the missiles were offensive in nature and thus posed an immediate nuclear threat to our country, and possibly the ones surrounding. If the U.S. attacked the sites, it might lead to nuclear war with the U.S.S.R., but if the U.S. did nothing, it would be faced with the increased threat from close range nuclear weapons. More than one third of the members of the NSC favored an unannounced air assault on the missile sites. But, there could be no assurance from the Council that the assault would be 100% effective. Kennedy decided on a naval quarantine, and on October 22nd dispatched a