John and his friends where the rebels and where always in trouble with school authorities and officials. Not a very good student, he made basically all C's. In 1953, John F. Kennedy graduated from Choate ranking number 64 out of a class of 112 seniors. He wasn't even in the top half of his class.
He attended Harvard University in 1936 and graduated in 1940. A year after graduating, he joined the U. S. Navy from 1941 - 1945.World War II broke out despite the practice of appeasement, and America entered the war after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Being, the captain of a PT boat in the South Pacific, they where attacked by Japanese destroyers and their boat started to sink. He became a hero to his crew because he saved their lives and took them to a safe location. A year later, his oldest brother Joe, was assassinated while flying a mission over Europe. Despite this great dismay in the family, they managed to lift themselves up and Kennedy was to keep his brothers ambitions and bring about a legacy to the United States. .
In November of 1946, his dreams as a politician, started to flourish. This year he was elected to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. During the six year term .
That he served, the U.S. and the Soviet Union where having the Cold War. The Cold War was the struggle, at the end of World War II, between the Soviet Union and the United States for world supremacy. It reached the highest point of tension in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During this crisis the world was in great tension because it could have resulted in a nuclear war. Thanks to John F. Kennedy, he was able to resolve differences with Nikita Khrushchev and the crisis ended in a peacefully manner. The Soviet Union ended up removing the nuclear weapons from Cuba.
In 1953 after the war, he became congressman in Boston and later advanced to Senate. This same year, September 12, 1953, he married Jacqueline Lee Bouiver.
John F. Kennedy This book report is being done on John F. Kennedy. One of the most famous and loved presidents we have had. This report will tell you about his life and how he became one of the great leaders of America. John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. His g...
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Is John F. Kennedy A "Champion of Civil Rights?" Some believe Kennedy is a "champion of civil rights." I do not agree with that belief. Kennedy did affect the civil rights act in many positive ways, but he was no champion. I do not believe John F. Kennedy is a "champion of civil rights" b...
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John F. Kennedy, President is a book that sheds an interesting view of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's life as the 35th president of The United States of America. It reminds people how great of a man he was and what he did for our country. JFK was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kenne...
"Let every nation know that we shall pay any price, bear any burden in order to assure the survival and the success of Liberty."" What message was John F. Kennedy trying to convey? John F. Kennedy expresses that our nation will sacrifice anything in order to secure Liberty within our nation. In Jo...
Some people consider him one of the best presidents of all time. Many others say there will never be another one like him. And yet there is still so much about John F. Kennedy that is ignored. The most shocking to me were his numerous affairs with women, including one with one of the biggest cultura...
The assassinations of United States presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy are well known events in American history. Though their terms in office were abruptly ended almost one hundred years apart, there are several similarities that can be recognized between the two assassinations. Abra...
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