John+F.+Kennedy

=__﻿John F. Kennedy__=
 * __JFK did more things in his 3 years as a President then most people do in there 4 maybe 8 years of being President.__**

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Timeline

 * May 29, 1917:** ·Birth of John F. Kennedy in Brookline, Massachusetts.
 * October 1929:** · Great Depression starts.
 * Fall 1935:** ·JFK decides to go to in Princeton
 * 1936-1940:** ·JFK attends Harvard University.
 * Winter 1938-Summer 1939:** ·JFK goes Europe.
 * September 1939:** World War II starts
 * Summer 1941:** ·JFK enters the U.S. armed forces.
 * December 7, 1941:** ·Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, making the U.S. to enter World War II.
 * 1942-43:** **August 2, 1943:** ·JFK's PT boat destroyed. JFK's leardership helps most people on PT 109 live. JFK receives the Purple Heart for his heroics.
 * August 12, 1944:** ·Joseph Kennedy, Jr. dies in a plane.
 * March 1, 1945:** ·JFK leaves the Navy.
 * June 17, 1946:** ·JFK wins the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' Eleventh Congressional District.
 * November 1946:** ·JFK is elected to the House of Representatives.
 * November 1950:**·JFK is elected to a third term in the House.
 * November 1952:** ·JFK defeats Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. to win election to the United States Senate.
 * September 12, 1953:** ·JFK marries Jacqueline Bouvier.
 * 1955-1956:** ·JFK "writes" //Profiles in Courage.//
 * 1957:** · //Profiles in Courage// is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
 * November 27, 1957:** ·Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, JFK's daughter, is born.
 * November 1958:** JFK wins re-election to the Senate.
 * November 8, 1960:** ·JFK defeats Nixon and becomes president.
 * November 25, 1960:** ·Birth of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
 * January 20, 1961:** ·John F. Kennedy is sworn in as President of the United States.
 * April 1961:** ·Bay of Pigs.
 * October 16, 1962:** ·Cuban Missile Crisis.
 * October 28, 1962:** ·Soviet Union agrees to remove its missiles from Cuba.
 * June 1963: S**truggle "moral crisis" for America. [[image:http://www.twited.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/1301504437-50.jpg width="205" height="271" align="right"]]
 * August 5, 1963:** ·U.S. agree to a nuclear test-ban treaty.
 * November 22, 1963:** ·JFK is assassinated while riding through Dallas, Texas.

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=__John F. Kennedy QUOTES__= 1) Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. 2) Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. 3) Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. 4) Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. 5) If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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__Biography__ John Fitzgerarld Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brooklin Mass. near Boston. He had three brothers and five sisters. They were a rich family. John's nickname was "Jack". He went to Havard University! In 1940 he joind the U.S Navy. The United states sent him to the South Pacific Ocean, in World War II. John wanted to repersent the state of Massachusetts in Congress. Many people in Boston new the Kennendy family so soon Jihn won the election. John married Jacueline Bouvier in 1953. They had three kids, John Jr., Caroline, and Patrick. Sadly, Patrick was born too early and died. John wrote a book named //Profiles in Courage//. People thought that JFK should run for vice president but John wanted to be the president. John ran against Richard Nixon and gave many speeches. Soon JFK became that president. Kennedy wanted to fix all thet problem in the world! John F. Kennedy was president for 3 years, until he died. He got shot and was assassinated when he was driving in a open top car, in Dallas, Texas. People believe Lee Havery Oswald killed him. People now rememeber JFK as the man who wrked had for his country. This is the book JFK wrote. == __**Citation**__ Franchino, Vicky. //John F. Kennedy//. 1st ed. Minneapolis, United States : Compass Point Books, 2002. 32 p. Print. **__Facts About John F. Kennedy Jr.__** 1) JFK Jr. died in a plane crash.

2) JFK died on John Jr.'s birthday.

3) JFK Jr. lived from November 25, 1960 to July 16, 1999.

4) JFK Jr.'s wife is Carolyn Bessette.

5) JFK Jr owned a magazine company named George.

=__Imporatant events when JFK was President__=

1) Bay of Pigs - An unsussecful invasion to capture Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

2) Mission to the Moon - A big idea JFK wanted to have happen.

3) Cuban Missile Crisis - was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war

4) Civil Rights - To give the rights that everyone diserves

5) Nuclear test-ban treaty - A treaty that said there will be know people testing if nuclear misils work

6) Cold War - A war that happened after the revolutionary war

7) Peace Corps - A volunteer group

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=__Here are some places named after JFK__=

This is the JFK Airport.

This is the JFK Library.

This is a JFK statue.(There are many more)

This is the JFK Museum.

This is the JFK Performing Arts.

This is the JFK Stadium.

This is the JFK Tomeston and the Enternal Flame.

This JFK's signature.

=//__Take The Quiz__//= =True or False= 1) John Wilks Booth assassined JFK. 2) JFK was the 35th president. 3) JFK has an airport named after him. 4) JFK died in a plane crash with his son. 5) JFK fought in World War I. 6) JFK wrote a book. 7) JFK's middle name is Fitzgerarld.

Thank You

By: Jack Johnston