Essay on JFK

candidate Richard Nixon. This debate was an incredibly special event to take place in the United States as it was, in fact, the first televised debate that American citizens could watch, instead of listening to fireside chats and radio shows. Because JFK and Nixon appeared on television, appearance became a larger factor in who the American people would choose as the next President. Moreover, media exposure started to play a larger role in the democratic process as a result of the televised 1960 debate

The mafia also had reason to want JFK dead or not to be president. Because “Attorney General Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy waged the largest war against the mafia that America has ever seen. They especially targeted Louisiana-Texas godfather Carlos Marcello.” (Waldron 264)

was shot two days after the assassination by Jack Rudy while in transport to a new location. Oswald died two hours later. Because of the fact there was never someone convicted of the assassination various conspiracies arose, these are known as the JFK conspiracy theories. There’s many conspiracy theories surrounded this topic, but the most believed conspiracies are, The CIA had him killed, the Mafia had him killed , Lyndon Johnson had him killed so he would become president. Johnson did in some ways

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy who was also known as JFK took office on May 29 1917. JFK was the youngest president to ever be elected into office. He was then assassinated in November of 1963. From that point on there has been the debate of how history should remember him. JFK should be remembered as an excellent president because of his contribution of the Peace Corps & Alliance for Progress, His response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the ideas of his that lived on to become part of the

seen as his own person. When all eyes fell onto him after his brother’s death he took everything with a flying leap. Of course he had his younger brother to help and guide him along the way. America considered JFK a war hero after saving his crew mates form a Japanese Destroyer. Later in life JFK was diagnosed with Addington’s disease but they had kept it well hidden from the people. Most die from this disease but recent treatments was able to save his life. In 1952 he successfully ran for the position

warfare and the fear of communism. As president, JFK reassured Americans of the strength of their country and that there would soon be peace, justice and freedom around the world, not destruction and war. He assured that everyone in the United States was safe from the evil that was spreading through other parts of the world. He spent time motivating Americans to come together as a nation and be patriots of the United States of America to make changes. JFK wanted the new generation to know that it was

inevitable. One bad move could cost the lives of hundreds of millions. When JFK learned of the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba he “determined at the outset that this could not stand” (Graham, 2012). After consulting with his closest advisors JFK publicly announced what the Soviets were doing in Cuba and implemented a naval blockade to deter more military equipment

The CIA had reasons to want John F. Kennedy not to be president. Because of what happened at the Bay of Pigs JFK reached his maximum dislike for the agency and it was said “John F. Kennedy had made it clear that he planned to destroy the CIA… (Kennedy) said that he wanted to splinter the CIA in a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds” (Lane 93). And JFK believed that after the 1964 election, he would be able to resolve the issue with the CIA by forcing J. Edgar Hoover to resign

456).Jack Ruby the mobster club owner refused to cooperate with investigators and denied to let anyone know why he really killed Oswald.Ruby later died in jail because of cancer and still left a big knot in the investigation of Kennedy’s assassination(JFK Assassination Reasearch material). The unusual signs just prior to the Kennedy’s assassination led to some questions but everything went as planned because of the smoothness of executing the plan. Consequently, the Presidents car leaving the parade

revealed that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, yet many believe that someone else, perhaps the Soviets, the mob, or even the CIA, killed Kennedy. In fact, a 2013 study concluded that 61% of Americans believe that there was a conspiracy behind the JFK assassination (Swift). The HSCA, or the House Select Committee on Assassinations, even concluded that the initial investigation was flawed. With numerous conspiracy theories out there, the question still remains unanswered: Who really killed John F