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John F. Kennedy

Containment

John F. Kennedy was a great diplomat, witch lead to his presidential goal of containment.

Cuba

In Cuba Kennedy for forced a Naval quarantine, because a spy plane took pictures of a Soviet ballistic missile site. Kennedy determined that the United States would be unsafe with Soviet missiles so close to us, so he stopped it.

Vietnam

Kennedy sent 16,000 military advisors to Vietnam to help train the South Vietnamese solders who were being attacked by communist north Vietnam. Kennedy virtually started Americas involvement in the Vietnam War as an attempt for containment.

Germany

In June of 1963 John F. Kennedy gave a speech to West Berlin saying "ich bin ein Berliner" which translates to I am an a man of Berlin. He was talking also to the leaders of communist East Berlin. He was telling them that the United States was behind West Berlin and would not let them fall to communist rule.

Iraq

John F. Kennedy approved to help the people of Iraq with the coupe of Abdel Karim Kassim. This helped stop the growing rule of another dictatorship.(NP)

Assassination -John Fitzgerald Kennedy decided to visit Dallas on November 22, 1963 for three reasons and the first one was to help raise the Democratic Party for the 1964 presidential election, so he could start his running for re-election because it was a close vote in the 1960 election he wanted to get as many votes as he could. The people riding with Kennedy in his open top limousine were his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John B. Connally and Nellie Connally his wife, Secret Serviceman Roy Kellerman, and driver Bill Greer. They had a planned route through Dallas and they only stopped a few times so John could shake a nuns hand and some school students. They were almost done with the route and the people in the limousine were being shot at for about seven seconds. John was hit at least twice but the one that hit him in the head was the one that killed him. The governor John Connally was also wounded pretty bad but survived. Governor’s wife and the driver Bill Greer were fine and were trying to get out of there but also care for the president and governor at the same time. They were just very concerned for President Kennedy because of the head shot wound. They rushed him to the hospital but he was pronounced dead. This death was one of the most shocking to the world to hear that our President John F. Kennedy had just been assassinated. It is now one of the most controversial issues of who killed JFK but they have some good ideas who assassinated him. Election The 1960 election was the closest popular vote in United States history and Kennedy beat Nixon. Kennedy also beat Nixon in electoral votes but Nixon won more states than Kennedy did.Kennedy at the age of 43 was the second youngest president in United States history to become president. Background John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts where his wealthy family of Irish descendent had immigrated to in America a few years before his birth. His family was wealthy but John also had three sisters and five brothers.John was an average student in high school but he was more interested in making pranks more than anything. In 1936, John entered Harvard University where he majored in political science for four years. He was known to be a great war hero but he also had bad back problems and had many operations on his back as well.(JG)

George H.W. Bush -- Background : As the Forty-First President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. Since Bush came from a family with a tradition of public service, he enlisted to the army at 18. After receiving his wings as the youngest pilot in the Navy, he flew 58 missions to help the United States during World War II. Bush attended Yale University and excelled in both sports and studies. After graduating from the college, he decided to take on a career in the oil industry and moved from down to Midland, Texas where he worked in the oil development company. He also became interested in Politics like his father, which eventually lead him into running for office in the 1989-1993 election. -- Character : In the beginning of the election, Bush had struggled as having an image of being soft or "wimpy." People felt he was not strong or tough enough to get his hands dirty in the pit of electoral politics. Proving the people wrong, George Bush showed Americans that he could run a strong election and also hit some points in his opponents where it hurt. -- Political Skill : George Bush was assumed to be one of the most qualified candidates coming into office as the president. With a long career in domestic and foreign affairs, he had eight years of experience with being the vice-president and also knew the government bureaucracy. -- Vision : Although President Bush was viewed as success in foreign affairs, people saw him as a failure in domestic affairs. His great leadership in the Gulf War did not help the economic recession. Voting for change, the citizens of the United States decided that George Herbert Walker Bush would not be reelected for a second term as President in 1992. -- Perception : Many voters perceived Bush of not handling the domestic affairs well. He was alienated by the conservative wing of the Republican Party in different ways such as breaking promises of not raising taxes and cutting military spending. It also did not help that he had image of being a rich Ivy Leaguer that was out of touch with the average American. Even before he was President, Bush worked as Reagan’s Vice-President and was criticized because of his upper-class background. Reagan loyalists were suspicious because it was such a big difference compared to Reagan’s grassroots beginnings and his talent to connect with average Americans in which Bush could not. Many stereotypes also were resulted from George Bush coming from a privileged New England background, even though he spent most of his adult life living in Texas. -- Reflection : I felt that George H.W. Bush was an Active Positive President. Especially during the war, Bush showed adaptive skills by reacting to Iraq’s unexpected invasion. He worked hard to find support and get help from other nations around the world. Bush showed self-control by giving Iraq a couple months before declaring war. When done so, Bush ended it quickly and efficiently without getting bogged down or causing high casualties. Even though people criticize him for not controlling domestic affairs, I don’t believe he could do two things at once. This type of multi-tasking would have been difficult because of the relation in money. Spending money for the war brought the economy into a recession and caused Bush to adapt. He had to break his promise and raise taxes in order for an effort to balance the budget. -- Persian Gulf War : During his presidency, Bush spent most of his time on foreign affairs. He was not someone who rushed into new actions and policy changes but took time to consider the policies of the administration. With his characteristics of being a conservative, his actions were firm and determined. On-hand past experiences also gave him help with foreign affairs. Bush was best known for his tactics on the Persian Gulf War. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait for land, wealth and oil. Bush was quick to act and assembled a coalition with the Soviet Union to oppose Iraq. After months of effort, not much was changed and Bush proposed war. This vote was a victory for President Bush and “Operation Desert Storm” began. Iraqi forces were overwhelmed with massive air strikes and large coalitions of ground war. The war was done in less than two months without suffering any high casualties. On March 6, 1991, George Bush announced the freedom of Kuwait. He was then seen as the “New World Order,” because he broke down Cold War alliances and used his powers to provide manpower and financial support from other countries. -- Conclusion : George H.W. Bush has impacted the economy and world as the forty-first President. His efforts were worth while and tactics in the Persian Gulf War has made him a great president. If it were not for his weakness in economic issues, than he could have won a second term as President.(DTB)

Bill Clinton

-Backround

--Bill Clinton’s name at birth was William Jefferson Blythe. --He was born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. --Clinton’s father, William Blythe, died in a car accident before Clinton was born. After his mother remarried, he took the last name of his step father, Roger Clinton. --He was partially raised by his grandparents. His youth was like many children’s youth. He had affects of a stressful home life. His stepfather was an alcoholic who sometimes turned abusive. --Clinton had a rocky relationship with the military. It was believed that as a college student Bill Clinton dodged the draft and protested the Vietnam war. --Clinton attended Hot Springs High School, Arkansas. He attended Georgetown University and graduated in 1968. He then went to Oxford University as a Rhode Scholar, and then attended Yale Law School. --He served as Democratic Governor from 1979-1993, when he became president defeating George Bush and Ross Perot. --William was best known as the 42nd president of the United States. He served two terms from 1993-2001. (BH)

-Presidency-

--During the Bill Clinton presidency the U.S. did not get into any major battles or have and major problems. --In the United States at this time the peace and economic well being had never been as great in history. --Clinton had many accomplishments while in office. He helped get the lowest unemployment rates in modern time and the highest home ownership in the countries history. The lowest inflation in 30 years, dropped crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls also were produced by Clinton’s administration. Bill Clinton helped form the first balanced budget in decades and got all the way to a balanced budget. --In 2000, Clinton worked to eliminate racial discrimination with the help of the celebration of the new millennium. --In his second year Clinton looked to legislation to help upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick kids, restrict handgun sales, and strengthen environmental rules. --Also as a president he helped dispatch peace keeping forces to war zone Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein did not let the United Nations inspect possible nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Clinton became a huge part of the NATO program by helping more international trade and worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. --Clinton renewed MFN status in 1994 with China putting trade ahead of human rights questions. --Clinton also enforced a “Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” policy to allow gay people to serve in the military. In 1994, Clinton formed 60,000 troops on the Kuwait border Oct.31 to prevent threatened Iraq invasion on the US. (AD)

Ronald Reagan

-Cultural and Political Image - According to columnist Chuck Raasch "Reagan transformed the American presidency in ways that only few have been able to do." T W

- During his presidency Reagan did not have the highest approval rating but his popularity considerably rose since 1989. - In 2001 he was voted the greatest president in history in a poll held. He recieved 18% of the votes. -Cold War - Reagan had a very important role in contributing to the downfall of the Soviet Union, but the extent of that role is continuously in debate. - He was notable amongst post- World War II presidents as being convinced that the Soviet Union could be defeated rather than negotiated with. T W

- Gorbachev labelled Reagan as "a hawk" and was instrumental in bringing about the end of the Cold War. Background - Born February 6th 1911 and Died june 5th 2004 - He was an actor was the president of the Screen Actors Guild - He got into politics during his work with General Electric. - He was part of the Democratic party until 1962 when he became a republican. T W

Jimmy Carter

--Possibly the biggest problem that Carter faced was the hostages in Iran. In November 1979, a group of racial Iranians captured and took American diplomats and embassy employees in Teheran. It took more than a year of negotiations and an unsuccessful airborne attempt to rescue the hostages. Many People didn’t like how Carter handled the situation and some people blamed him and his administration for not protection the people in the first place; the hostages were finally released just over a year later, in January 20, 1981.

--In 2002, Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Price, for his efforts to find peaceful solutions, to advance human rights, and to promote social and economic development. I would have to say that Jimmy Carter is an active- positive president, because it seemed that he wanted to do all the right things, he was just to laid back to anything. For example, when it came to rescuing the hostages, Carter took only a few attempts at it and the attempts didn’t work, but if he would have tried a little more he could have possibly solved the problem. If Carter would have followed through on a lot of the things that he wanted to do for America, I think he would have been a great president. (DA)

Jimmy Carter announced that he would run for president in December 1974. He began a two-year campaign and it slowly gained momentum. He was nominated first on the ballot in the Democratic Convention. His running mate was the Senator of Minnesota, Walter F. Mondale. Carter campaigned rigorously against the current president at the time, Gerald R. Ford. He won the 1977 election with 297 votes, while Ford only had 241. His presidency lasted only one four-year term. (JG)

Lyndon Baines Johnson --Background: Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908. He was born in Texas, near Stonewall. His father's name was Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr. and his mothers Rebekah Baines Johnson. He was their first child of five. He had three sisters and one brother. When Johnson graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1930 he then attended Georgetown University to study law from 1934-35. Although Johnson valued being a teacher, he really favored politics. This, he got from his father who was also a politician. Johnson started out as the Director of National Youth Administration and was then elected a U.S. Representative. He served from 1937-49. He joined the navy shortly after to be in World War II. He was then awarded the Silver Star. In 1949, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and was the Democratic Majority Leader in 1955. He ended his term when he became vice-president for John F. Kennedy. In 1963 on November 22, John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson took over as president. --Character: Johnson was a very "empty" feeling person. He needed material things to make him feel wholesome and okay. He used women, food, drink, conversation, and material possessions to fill him. He always felt the need to be top dog, which is good in some cases but it could get pretty out of control. He felt for the needy and always tried to help the poor class. He was a good person in that way. He never really seemed happy until he became president. He hated not being in the spotlight next to Kennedy and was finally happy when he was named president of the United States. --Political Skill: Johnson appealed to the people because he had had lots of experience with government. So therfor, he knew what the people would want done and what they would want to hear. When Johnson ran against Adele Stevens it was a landslide win for him with sixty-one percent of the votes. --Presidency:Johnson created the Great Society programs which were somme antipoverty things, civil rights legislations, creations of Medicare and Medicaid, some environmental potection acts and laws that helped protect consumers. Johnson was known for these things but also for his movements against discrimination. There were three main parts to his movements. First there was his Civil Rights Act of 1964 which didnt allow discrimination in jobs or in public bathrooms. Second there was his Voting Rights Act of 1965 which didnt let discriminatory practicese keep blacks ffrom voting. And third was his Civil Rights Act of 1968 which outlawed discrimination when buying housing or land. What Lyndon B. Johnson was most known for, however, was his role in the Vietnam war. He felt obligated to go to war right away before trying out peaceful ways. He felt that it was his duty to go to war and fight. This was very unintelligent however because the United States lost many troops for the war that we never won. He ended up having to end it peacefully because he knew there was no way that we would achieve victory. Johnson did not run for a reelection after this. (AA)

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