John F Kennedy Achievements

I chose to write about John F. Kennedy using the his “Civil Rights Address” as my primary source. By writing this paper I hope to prove how JFK helped the civil rights movement even though his term was cut short. I’m hoping I can prove that during his term he accomplished something for this movement that had a lasting effect. Civil rights was and still is a big deal in America and I hope to find out about his contribution to that effort.

John F. Kennedy, also known as JFK, is perhaps the most-loved president in American history. Our 35th President of the United States served from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Although he was young and did not get to serve his full term he accomplished many great things. All these documents embody the beginning of an admirable presidency and the commencement of a new hope for a nation gone forlorn.     Kennedy served at the pinnacle of the Cold War and spent a large fragment of his presidency focusing on managing relations with the Soviet Union.

Kennedy gave two major speeches: the first on nuclear arms and America’s relationship with the Soviet Union, and the second on civil rights. These two speeches would lead to major legislation that would impact the U.S. long after Kennedy’s death.1By the spring of 1963, he is realizing he has to address the two great forces of his time: nuclear arms and civil rights. Some people thought John F. Kennedy was ineffective and that he was lightweight, but others believed he had an extraordinary record. He proposed that America should go to the moon and he sends America to the moon. He thinks young people should go into what was called the Third World, and he creates the Peace Corps.

(Week 8, Doc. 25) Then he added later that American’s must “ask what you can do for your country, not what your country can do for you”. (Week 8, Doc. 25) He believed by working together, we could begin to solve the Nations social problems. Kennedy was trying to show American’s that it’s necessary to fight for what’s fair in society, and to help others help themselves in order to prosper. The public felt Kennedy, with his idealism and vigor, would be a good fit for Presidential leadership, and would be effective in reducing the many of America’s domestic problems. After failing to keep some of his campaign promises such as, expanding the welfare state, and health care programs, he acted, after much pressure from civil right activists and pushed Congress by calling for a comprehensive Civil Rights bill.

With this support behind him, he came into the presidency ready to make our country thrive. In fact, many of the domestic policies he instilled did just this and if he had more time to gain knowledge on the Presidency, he could have made his foreign policies into great ones. One domestic policy Kennedy executed well was his

John F. Kennedy was the president of America from 1960, he was a successful one in American history, but he was killed in 1963. It was one of the most shocking public events of the 20th century. He did a lot of things when he was president. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. What a shame that he was assassinated.

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.

Finally, another point that made John F. Kennedy such a great leader was fighting for equal rights, and arguably this was one of the most important things that he has done throughout his presidency. How did he fight for equal rights? Well first of all, he stood up for the African Americans. On March 6, 1961, he signed Executive Order 10925 which required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure all employees are treated equally irrespective of their race, creed, color, or national origin. His Executive Order 11063 of November 1962 banned segregation in federally funded housing.

President John F. Kennedy impacted America in the most significant way in comparison to other presidents of the United States. He had already started impacting America even before he was in office. Then, while he was in office, he made massive changes and worked on different policies and foreign crisis. One event that occurred during his presidency that greatly affected America was his assassination. After his assassination, many changes were also made that are credited to John F. Kennedy as a president.

Presidential Persuasive Essay President John F. Kennedy influenced the United States in various different ways. Before, during and after the time he served as president he accomplished many things. President Kennedy was known for being a great civil rights activist, negotiating the nuclear Test- Ban, and also initiating the Alliance for Progress. Civil rights has been very important throughout history and it still is to this day. In 1963 John F. Kennedy delivered The Civil Rights Address which pushed forward equal rights for citizens.

“For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.” This quote from the 35th president of the United States set a precedent of greatness for our country. The man who set such a precedent was John F. Kennedy. A very persuasive and well-read man, when he gave his inaugural address, our nation and the world knew we were in good hands. JFK not only was well-read, he gave moving speeches.

In his speech Kennedy uses different rhetorical devices to unify the citizens of both the United States and the world. Kennedy was giving this speech after winning by a very small margin of votes so he was trying to unite the people of the United States and show he was the correct choice for the president. This speech was given during the Cold War so he was trying to connect the people around the whole world and establish peace. Kennedy was able to unify the people and try to establish peace while at the same time making himself seem like a very competent leader. In his speech Kennedy tries to build his credibility as a personable leader by creating ethos.

Kennedy realized how easy it was for a country to break apart in a time that they needed to come together. Being sworn into office, he could see the fear of the future in the eyes of the nation and truly wanted to reassure them that by being willing to face change as one, success was possible. Kennedy was able to assertively get his point across by emphasizing how prioritizing unification of the country is by relying on

Lyndon B. Johnson, A polarizing figure; The “Great Society” besides The Vietnam War When a president comes into office following the death of the previous President, whether the death was accidental or not; the new elected president finds himself or herself in that shadow of that person. The position of vice-president is not an easy one in American government and politics. The position is one that the vice-president feels second to holder of the office of president. The vice president is part of the cabinet from the essence of the president’s term, yet the political agenda and decisions are ran by the president. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson are very much different.

John F Kennedy was a level headed, determined and well accomplished person. During his short-lived presidency, he had to take on challenges like no other and did it with sophistication and grace. From conflicts involving other countries, like Vietnam, to the Civil Rights Movement that directly affected our own country, Kennedy continued to take each problem day by day until there was an overall improvement or resolution. It would be safe to say that he is one of the more progressive presidents our country has ever seen. David Burner’s John F. Kennedy and a New Generation was written with the sole purpose of giving an insight into Kennedys upbringing and presidency in an entirely unbiased approach.