ress put on Cuba and the Soviet Union. Later, the Soviet Union and the U.S. signed a treaty that bans any nuclear weapon testing on eath.J.F.K. started the cival rights legislation in 1962 and 1963 when racial tension picked up. The legislation prohibited discrimination in employment and established The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.It also banned discrimination in public accomodations.The Alliance for progress was a billion dollar program made to diminish anti Americanism in the Western hemisphere, mostly Latin America. It ended due to lack of funds. He did succeed in educataion,health,housing,and growth of economics.In 1963 he sent 16,000 troops over to Vietnam help stop communism.In his last year of office he was planning for a new campaign and started making public appearences.On November 22,1963 J.F.K. was campaigning through Dallas,Texas in a motor-cade when he was shot in the head. He died within a hour. He died as our 35th president at the age of 46.Since Kennedy was assassigned,the new president,Johnson,was to investigate the assassignation. He concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted along in the assassignation of J.F.K. No motive was accomplished because Oswald was killed before he was in custody.Lee Harvey Oswald served in the Marines before hecommitted the murder. He was later killed by a night club owner,Jack Ruby,that reconized who he was and what he did.Some people say that Kennedy was the best president we have ever had and some people think that he was the worst.But people should look up to him as a hero because of all the great things he has done for our country and not just our country but many others also. He was probly one of the most patriotic persons ever....
