John F Kennedy Informative Essay

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“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”. Born of Irish descent in May of 1917, Brookline Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy would eventually become the youngest man ever to be elected as President of the United States of America. He guided the nation through the early 1960s, handling conflicts with other nations and working to improve the lives of all Americans. He was not only one of the most well known presidents of the USA but was among the most influential people to ever live. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, or “Jack” as his family called him, was a young boy when he first visited Washington, D.C. Did he have any idea that thirty-one years later he would stand on the steps of this very building to take the oath of the presidential office? Probably not. John was the second child of eight children. His father Joseph Kennedy was a wealthy investor and a demanding father who expected his sons to be politically…show more content…
Many of the letters were from people who wanted to join the Peace Corps, a program started by President Kennedy. Peace Corps volunteers leave the United States for two years to live and work with people in a different country. They work as teachers, farmers, nurses, doctors, and builders. This program has helped many people and still exists today. Creating the Peace Corps was only one of President Kennedy’s important accomplishments. President Kennedy wanted the United States to lead the world in exploring outer space. He challenged the U.S. to be the first country to send a man to the moon by the end of the 1960s. The government put time, effort, and money into building better rockets, training astronauts, and sending them closer and closer to the moon. The United States reached President Kennedy’s goal on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the

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