John F Kennedy, born on May 29, 1917, in Brooklyn, Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy was the second of nine children. His parents, Joseph and Rose Kennedy, were members of two of Boston's most prominent Irish Catholic political families.
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and two years later was sent to the South Pacific, where he was given command of a Patrol-Torpedo (PT) boat.
Kennedy announced his candidacy for president on January 2, 1960. He defeated a primary challenge from the more liberal Hubert Humphrey and chose the Senate majority leader, Lyndon Johnson of Texas. Kennedy was an enormously popular president, both at home and abroad.
In the early 1960’s, Blacks and Whites were not treated as equals. Blacks did not hold many government positions. Blacks constantly faced segregated private and public facilities. For example, Blacks couldn’t eat in the same restaurants, drink out of the same drinking fountains, or use the same bathrooms as Whites. They couldn’t even sit in the front seats of buses. The Whites got to sit in the front and the Blacks had to sit in the back. Blacks were living in ghettos while Whites were moving into richer suburban areas. Many Blacks did not have a chance to vote. Many black people were not allowed to vote in the 1960’s because the white people in the South used any excuse to not allow them to register to vote. Without voting, Blacks had no power. Kennedy tried to get more Blacks registered to vote by supporting students to go and register black voters in the South. He thought that if Blacks could vote, they could change laws and the people who governed them. More government people would then help the Blacks because they would want the black people to vote for them.
Blacks and Whites usually went to separate schools. President John F. Kennedy helped change this unfairness by developing the Civil Rights.
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and two years later was sent to the South Pacific, where he was given command of a Patrol-Torpedo (PT) boat.
Kennedy announced his candidacy for president on January 2, 1960. He defeated a primary challenge from the more liberal Hubert Humphrey and chose the Senate majority leader, Lyndon Johnson of Texas. Kennedy was an enormously popular president, both at home and abroad.
In the early 1960’s, Blacks and Whites were not treated as equals. Blacks did not hold many government positions. Blacks constantly faced segregated private and public facilities. For example, Blacks couldn’t eat in the same restaurants, drink out of the same drinking fountains, or use the same bathrooms as Whites. They couldn’t even sit in the front seats of buses. The Whites got to sit in the front and the Blacks had to sit in the back. Blacks were living in ghettos while Whites were moving into richer suburban areas. Many Blacks did not have a chance to vote. Many black people were not allowed to vote in the 1960’s because the white people in the South used any excuse to not allow them to register to vote. Without voting, Blacks had no power. Kennedy tried to get more Blacks registered to vote by supporting students to go and register black voters in the South. He thought that if Blacks could vote, they could change laws and the people who governed them. More government people would then help the Blacks because they would want the black people to vote for them.
Blacks and Whites usually went to separate schools. President John F. Kennedy helped change this unfairness by developing the Civil Rights.
History of Cuba - US relations
(Summary)
Cuba gained its independence from Spain in 1898 following a 30-year struggle that culminated in the Spanish -American war, which compelled Spain to relinquish sovereignty over Cuba. Following the war, U.S. forces occupied Cuba until 1902, when the United States allowed a new Cuban government to take full control of the state’s affairs. The United States, however, forced Cuba to grant a continuing U.S. right to intervene to preserve Cuban independence and stability in accordance with the Platt Amendment. The amendment was repealed in 1934 when the United States and Cuba signed a Treaty of Relations. The United States and Cuba cooperated under the rule of Fulgenico Batista through the 1950s. Following the revolution of 1959 and the rise of Fidel Castro to power, relations steadily deteriorated. As a result of Castro’s reforms and the Cuban government’s increased cooperation with the Soviet Union, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961.
The United States recognized Cuba’s independence from Spain on April 20, 1898, when President William McKinley approved a Joint Resolution of Congress that declared “the people of Cuba to be free and independent.” The resolution also paved the way for U.S. military intervention in Cuba. Following the defeat of Spain in 1898, the United States remained as an occupying power until the Republic of Cuba was formally installed May 19, 1902. On May 20, 1902, the United States relinquished its occupation authority over Cuba, but claimed a continuing right to intervene in Cuba to preserve the state’s independence and stability.
(Summary)
Cuba gained its independence from Spain in 1898 following a 30-year struggle that culminated in the Spanish -American war, which compelled Spain to relinquish sovereignty over Cuba. Following the war, U.S. forces occupied Cuba until 1902, when the United States allowed a new Cuban government to take full control of the state’s affairs. The United States, however, forced Cuba to grant a continuing U.S. right to intervene to preserve Cuban independence and stability in accordance with the Platt Amendment. The amendment was repealed in 1934 when the United States and Cuba signed a Treaty of Relations. The United States and Cuba cooperated under the rule of Fulgenico Batista through the 1950s. Following the revolution of 1959 and the rise of Fidel Castro to power, relations steadily deteriorated. As a result of Castro’s reforms and the Cuban government’s increased cooperation with the Soviet Union, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961.
The United States recognized Cuba’s independence from Spain on April 20, 1898, when President William McKinley approved a Joint Resolution of Congress that declared “the people of Cuba to be free and independent.” The resolution also paved the way for U.S. military intervention in Cuba. Following the defeat of Spain in 1898, the United States remained as an occupying power until the Republic of Cuba was formally installed May 19, 1902. On May 20, 1902, the United States relinquished its occupation authority over Cuba, but claimed a continuing right to intervene in Cuba to preserve the state’s independence and stability.
United States embargo against Cuba
(History)
U.S. arms embargo had been in force since March 1958 when armed conflict broke out in Cuba between rebels and the Fulgencio Batista government. In July 1960, in response to Cuba's new revolutionary government's seizure of US properties, the United States reduced the Cuban import quota of brown sugar to 700,000 tons, under the Sugar Act of 1948, the Soviot Union responded by agreeing to purchase the sugar instead, as Cuba's new government continued to take further actions to nationalize American businesses and privately owned properties.
Kennedy era embargo
In response to the Cuban alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold war,President JFK extended measures by executive order first widening the scope of the trade restrictions on February 7 . According to his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, Kennedy asked him to purchase 1,000 Cuban cigars for his future use immediately before the extended embargo was to come into effect. Salinger succeeded, returning in the morning with 1,201 Petit H. Umpmann cigars, Kennedy's favorite cigar size and brand.
In 1962, Cuba was expelled from the Orgnization of American States(OAS). The restrictions on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba lapsed on March 19, 1977; the regulation was renewable every six months, but President jimmy Carter did not renew it and the regulation on spending US dollars in Cuba was lifted shortly afterwards. President Ronald Reagan reinstated the trade embargo on April 19, 1982. This has been modified subsequently with the present regulation, effective June 30, 2004, being the Cuban Assets Control Regulations. The current regulation does not limit travel of US Citizens to Cuba, but it makes it illegal for US Citizens to have transactions in Cuba under most circumstances without a US government Office of forgeign Assets Control issued license.
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