Dwight Eisenhower
- born Oct 14th 1890 in Denison Texas
- went to west point
- fought in ww1
- Met his wife Mamie Doud
- never voted
- kept america at peace
- ended Korean war
- balanced budget 3 times
- sponsored, federal aid highway act, civil rights bill, housing amendments
- created interstates in the US
- Brown vs the board of edu
JFK
- Born may 29th, 1917 in Brookline, MA
- 3 brothers and 5 sisters
- attended many grade schools
- moved to Bronx
- Went to the choate school for hs years
- enrolled in Harvard
- traveled overseas a lot
- graduated with a bachelor of science
- joined US navy after bein medically unfit for US army
- recieved a navy and marine corps medal
- honorably discharged
- received the purple heart american defense service medal, 3 bronze service stars and the ww2 victory medal
- house of reps 1946-1952
- was in the senate
- ran for vice pres lost
- became pres 1960
- first catholic pres
- youngest pres
- first leader born in the 20th century
- "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"
- killed on Friday November 22 1963 at 12:30 pm in Dallas TX
- was there to settle political friction
- killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
-who was killed before he got to trial - called for americans to serve their country
- establishment of the peace corps
- diverted a nuclear war with the soviet union and secured the removal of missles from cuba
- committed to landing a man on the moon, his support of space exploration helped make it happen.
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