We got our assigned blog topics.
My president is George W. Bush and I am doing the background of him. I am also talking about the war with Iraq.
Dwight Eisenhower
*He promised to end the Korean war, which he did
*Developed the idea of deterrence which is the idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive weapons
*Started NASA
*U-2 was a spy plane but eventually Soviet Union improved technology and was able to shoot down the planes
*Eisenhower Doctrine is we would give money and aid to any middle eastern country that requested it to fight off communism
*Believed in a balanced budget
*President when we de segragated schools
John F. Kennedy
*Served in WWII
*First and only Catholic president
*Youngest elected preadient and second youngest president
*Assassinated in 1963
*Eisenhower was the president before him
*On the democratic ballet
*Ran against Nixon
*Closest election since 1916
*Cold War issues dominated Kennedy's presidency
*Berlin wall was built in 1961
*Bay of Pigs invasion- 1961
*Started sending US forces to Vietnam
*The New Frontier is helping the less forturnate
*Peace Core was set up which was aimed at young people
*Killed in Texas
*November 22
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