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Eisenhower:
Accomplishments- ceasefire of Korean war, launched space race, made social security program bigger, began interstate highway program, made nuclear war weapons a high defense priority, kept pressure toward Soviet Union during the cold war, Eisenhower Doctrine, balanced budget, deported around 1 million illegal immigrants, Sent federal troops to Little Rock
Background- 34th president of the United States, five star general in WW2.
Kennedy:
Background: Went to Harvard and joined the Navy. Ran for house of represenatives, and ran for senate. Have four kids, but two survived. His wife Jackie. He wrote a book when he was in the hospital. He decided to run for president later after. His dad is Joseph Kennedy, made family who they are now.
Elections: Ran against Richard Nixon. It was the closest election in history.
Accomplishments: Raised minimum wage, bettered social security, made the Peace Corps, believed man on the moon, worked with leader of soviet union to avoid a war, contained communism in Latin America, establised Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall was built, Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis, increased number of military machinary, nuclear test ban treaty was signed.
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