The Peace Corps Stereotypes

In response, Martin Luther King wrote a letter hoping that he and all of the other African Americans would be treated with racial equality. King simply wanted the unjust laws reversed. According to text “He was near exhaustion from stress, and his speeches increasingly alluded to his possible death, as in the speech at the Mason Temple Church in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, the night before he died: “I’ve been to the mountain top and seen the promised land” (Funk & Wagnalls,2014). The next item we found was the assassination of JFK newspaper. John Fitzgerald Kennedy also known as Jack Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. Some of the remarkable events that happened while John F Kennedy was holding office in the 60’s was the space race, the Cuban missile crisis, and the establishment of the Peace Corps. John F Kennedy had served in the navy as a secretary before being elected as president and also served as senator. JFK had two brothers who died in action in the WWII. John F Kennedy when elected as president one of his first steps was creating the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps and with this program volunteers would help the weak nations with things such as farming, education, and

Even before John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his presidency in 1961, he viewed foreign policy as one of the most important aspects of our lives. In one speech he said, “Foreign policy today, irrespective of what we might wish, in its impact on our daily lives, overshadows everything else. Expenditures, taxation, domestic prosperity, the extent of social sciences — all hinge on the basic issue of war or peace” (JFK Library). As the first president born in the 20th century, the youngest president to be elected to office, and the youngest president to die in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s time in office was brief, but full of difficult challenges in foreign affairs. I feel that he

One way Kennedy builds his claim is by using ethical appeal. He says, ”United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do- for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder” (7). This is an example of ethical appeal because it plays on the morals of common man to work together. Without working together the world will not obtain a shard of world peace because world peace can not come from the effort of few people. Later on he adds, “...we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves- not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right.” (7) This an example of ethical appeal because it shows that the United States will help others obtain peace because it is right. With taking this initiative, the rest of the world will have an example to follow. The audience then feels the need to help with the peace effort. Kennedy then declares, “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more then mine will rest the final success or failure of our course.” (9) This is ethical appeal because it questions whether the citizens of the world work to obtain world peace. Without the effort of the citizens, world peace will not be possible for future generations and their children. To sum up,Kennedy uses ethical appeal to support his claim of world peace.

In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, he says, “if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” He also states the importance of helping others around the world who do not have freedom. John F. Kennedy wanted to create peace with all nations before everything would be destroyed by a nuclear war. Lastly, he tells the citizens of the United States and other people from different nations that they have the ability to determine their own success or failure.

“The founding of the Peace Corps is one of President John F. Kennedy’s most enduring legacies.” (Founding). As soon as President Kennedy became the President, he vowed to help Americans be “active citizens.” One of his first moves in office was to create the Peace Corps. The way he came up with this idea of the Peace Corps was when he spoke to students at the University of Michigan during a campaign speech and challenged them to live and work in other countries to dedicate “themselves to the cause of peace and development.” (Peace). The main purpose for this was so “Americans can volunteer to work anywhere in the world where assistance is needed.” (John F. Kennedy, the 35th). This answers President Kennedy’s call to “ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” (Founding).

A student reaching the end of their public funded education thinks about the possibilities. Should they go to university, stay at home and work at a local job, learn a trade, or possibly join the Peace Corp? They contemplate the matter. They consider the advantages and disadvantages. They listen to the council of others. Then they decide and make their plan. It is now the time for action. The applications, interviews and the rest of the work must be done. When a war is waged, a law passed or anything else of importance is done, there are two steps: thought and action. Without these nothing would be done.

In conclusion, strong appeals to morals and emotions are important aspects of Kennedy’s inaugural speech, which was aimed at uniting the people of the world as one by referencing their commonalities− such as shared backgrounds, cultures, and values. Kennedy creates connections between the different societies and groups of people in the world to emphasize his powerful call to duty, which serves to further unite the audience together with a common goal to ensure that we can all live in a world of peace and stability, where basic human rights are protected for

In March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order #10924, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. The same day, he sent a message to Congress asking for permanent funding for the agency, which would send trained American men and women to foreign nations to assist in development efforts. The Peace Corps captured the imagination of the U.S. public, and during the week after its creation thousands of letters poured into Washington from young Americans hoping to volunteer.

It showed how America was handling the Cold War in a civil and inoffensive way. “The Americans ,of whatever age would be sought along to not only defend the country should be given an opportunity.” The Soviet Union communism expansion threatened the country, but American reactions were justified because they were appropriate and not impulsive. The Soviet propaganda pitted against the US was brash and audacious. Propaganda affected many people from other nations around the world and took a say in the general opinion of America. The Peace Corps representing America was the best possible and justifiable reaction of the US because it portrayed the country as passive and non-aggressive. The purpose of the Peace Corps was to spread the ways of democratic government and the nonviolent ways of the US. As well as, “This can only be countered by skill and dedication of Americans who are willing to spend their lives serving the cause of freedom.” The reputation of America was not well, and needed to be better represented at that time. The Peace Corps Organization was completely justifiable because it showed how the US was a not a dominating world superpower, contrary to the Soviet

Many Americans argue over whether John F. Kennedy was a good president. When simply grazing over the surface, it is easy to assume that Kennedy was indeed a superb president. From having a “perfect” family, handsome face, and possessing exceptional speaking skills, it would seem almost impossible for such an ideal man to have flaws. Only by digging deeper into the late president’s life and political affairs would Americans understand how lacking Kennedy truly was as president of one of the world’s leading nations. Kennedy was sluggish when it came to granting African Americans the rights they lacked and fought so strenuously for, his constant fear of the spread of communism also caused him to focus most of his attention on poor developing countries and less on the country he’s leading, and he also made careless mistakes which came at the cost of many innocent American lives at the Bay of Pigs.

From Eisenhower, Kennedy inherited the "Cold War" with the Soviet Union. In 1962, when American spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S., many thought the nation was at the brink of war. Kennedy imposed a blockade of Cuba but promised not to invade, and the Soviet Union dismantled the missile bases, resolving the confrontation. (Upon seeing photos of the dismantling, Adlai Stevenson, now Kennedy's Ambassador to the U.N, famously said, "We are eyeball to eyeball with the enemy, and I think the other fellow just blinked.") Kennedy also promised to send Americans to the moon and bring them back safely before the end of the decade, and although he did not live to see it, his promise came true. He called his program to make things better for Americans "the New Frontier" and he started the Peace Corps.

establish the Peace Corps, a volunteer program that sent young Americans abroad in an effort to

He said like the Americans experienced hardships on the frontier in the 1900’s we had to face new challenges to achieve goals in space, science, and education. Kennedy also created the peace corps in 1961, which was a program where Americans volunteered to perform service in other nations. Kennedy promised a lot of things during his presidency but was sadly unable to complete them because of his assassination on November 22, 1963. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president from 1953 to 1961, also made an impact on the US during his presidency. During his presidency, he strengthened social security, created a huge highway interstate system but failed to protect African American rights.

On a cold January afternoon in 1961, John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address is directed at a generation of Americans that have the potential to achieve national and humanitarian goals. Kennedy’s inaugural speech joined the country in the determination upon a peaceful victory in the long cold war struggle with the Soviet Union. In addition, Kennedy wanted to gain more allies for the United States by stressing his concern for global poverty as well as his opposition to dictatorship. As a result, Kennedy’s purpose was to let the nation know that together, Americans and the administration, could effect change and achieve all of his goals intended to create a nation that set the tone for humanitarian efforts. Kennedy achieves this by using specific diction, impactful syntax, and effective organizational strategies.

The within the leadership of Kennedy he was able to create an environment that opened more communication. Kennedy led in a way that all task to be covered under his administration were done that no one felt that he was a dictator. An example of this act is John F. Kennedy asked the congress to create the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps is a program created that was established by the Executive Order in 1961 and was authorized by the U.S. Congress. This is a volunteer program ran by the government with the mission of providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand the culture while helping American understand the culture of other countries. Kennedy also founded another program the New Frontier this program promised federal funding for education, economic aid to rural regions, medical assistant and care for the elderly and the intervention to bring a stop to the recession. Reagan policies known as “Reaganomics” were aimed at controlling inflation and spurring the economic growth this was to be done through tax cuts and the reduction in government spending.