Cuban Misile Crisis
The sixties were one of the most exciting time periods in American history. The ideas of a new generation started a cultural revolution, U.S. citizens enjoyed a high standard of living, and the country was in the middle of the Cold War. The Cold War saw no shots fired, but threatened to devastate the U.S. and USSR, as well as the rest of the world into nuclear holocaust. On October 16, 1962 U.S. U-2 spy planes discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba. Although the U.S. had been assured by Soviet leaders that they wouldn't place missiles in Cuba they had secretly. America had to take action to protect its security and to show the USSR that we wouldn’t be pushed around. On Tuesday morning, October 16, 1962 President Kennedy called together his cabinet to discuss the crisis. Over the next thirteen days the Kennedy Administration made many difficult decisions, which I believe were highly effective. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1917. He attended Princeton University and Harvard University. JFK served in the Navy during WWII and afterwards started his political career. In 1961 he was elected as the youngest President ever as well as the first Roman Catholic President. Kennedy’s cabin
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Approximate Word count = 937
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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