John Fitzgerald Kennedy - JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, the second son of financier Joseph P. Kennedy, who served as ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940, winning note with the publication of Why England Slept, an expansion of his senior thesis on Britain's lack of preparedness for World War II. His part in the war was distinguished by bravery. In August 1943, as commander of the U.S. Navy torpedo boat PT-109, he rescued several crewmen after a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands rammed the boat. His heroic rescue of survivors of his crew won him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal as well as the Purple Heart. In 1953 He married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of a wealthy Wall Street broker, they had two children Caroline & JFK JR. In 1946, and with the enthusiastic help of his brothers and sisters won the Democratic nomination to the House of Representatives in the eleventh district of Massachusetts.
His mother and sisters organized teas at the homes of voters, while his father furnished campaign funds. He won the election and as Congressman voted for Truman's welfare programs, including expanded social security benefits, aid to veterans, and old-age benefits. In 1952, Kennedy upset the veteran Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge by winning his seat in the US Senate. He and his family began working tirelessly for his presidential nomination as early as 1956. In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his four television debates with the Republican candidate and current Vice President, Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President.
His Inaugural address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he set out to redeem his campaign pledge to get America moving again. His economic programs launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since World War II; before his death, he laid plans for a massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty. This plan was named the new frontier; his ideas were used for years to come. Ke...
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... “of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth” The space program fascinates the American people. In the early 1960s whenever space flights were launched during school hours students would gather in gyms and auditoriums to watch the lift offs on television. The race to the moon continued through the 1960s. It is one of the nations single most expensive projects of the decade, costing $56 billion.
On November 22, at 12:30 PM CST, while riding in an open limousine through Dallas, Texas, Kennedy was shot in the head and neck by a sniper. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where efforts to revive him failed. A commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded in September 1964 that the sole assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine. Oswald, who was captured hours after the assassination in a nearby theater, was himself killed two days later by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby while being moved from the city to the county jail. The state funeral of President Kennedy was watched on television by millions around the world. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. To this day JFK is still considered one of the nations best presidents.
Some theories are that it was organized by the CIA, Fidel Castro, an Anarchist group, even by Vice-President Lyndon Johnson. However, once all the evidence is examined, it appears that the assassination was done by a lone man. So much of the evidence, from the way the assassination occurred, to the details of the alleged assassins’ life, and even to the official government findings and a film of the assassination, all point to the fact that there was no conspiracy and that Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. Evidence that proves Oswald’s guilt are as follows; Oswald was pro-Communist, and hated America. He was in the Depository at the time of the assassination, and searches of the building found evidence of his work. The rifle with his finger prints on it was found by a make-shift snipers nest.
Many women were drawn into the revolution as consumers. Since men were not home they were the main people to maintain the colonial economy. They had furthered rebellions by eagerly participating in boycotts of the 1760s and the 1770s (Oakes, James). Women identified with the goals of the revolution and often led riots against merchants being unfair with what they are selling. Women also decided it was time to point out political ideals. Some pointed out that the right to be taxed should be applied to one’s own representation too (Oakes, James). In the book Of the People, Abagail said, “If ladies are not cared for and paid attention then rebellions will start on their behalf” (Oakes, James). The revolution challenged the idea the woman lacked independent minds since there weren’t allowed to think for themselves. Reformers, many of them women argued that if women appeared incapable or not seeming intelligent, it...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born May 29, 1917, into a new wealthy Catholic family (Mehltretter). He lived a privileged lifestyle and was known for being a playboy, not really caring about his studies. However, a trip to Pre-World War II Europe significantly impacted his life which later motivated him to join the Naval Intelligence Office. After his heroic actions during World War II, he returned home a war hero. Eventually, Kennedy became a U.S Senator for Massachusetts. While in Congress, Kennedy was already aiming for the sky. He lobbied to become Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson's vice presidential running mate in 1956, but failed to gain Stevenson and the Democratic Convention’s support. However after Stevenson's defeat in 1956, Democrats wanted a new, more youthful candidate. Stevenson's loss “helped set the stage for one of the most dramatic and memorable presidential campaigns in U.S. history” (Mehltretter).
All the children had intestinal abnormalities. Before receiving the MMR vaccine, all the children had showed satisfactory achievement of their early milestones. Soon after receiving the vaccine, regression occurred in seven of the children. Wakefield’s results suggested that the direct cause of the children’s illnesses were the MMR vaccine. Based on the knowledge that I know now; Wakefield article is not accurate. There were many signs that pointed to this research being wrong. Some things discussed in “Vaccine War” were that all of the children studies in his research were referred to him by an attorney that was working on a case against the manufacturers of the MMR vaccine. Another major issue with Wakefield’s findings is that they are not able to be reproduced. A large part of research being credible is its ability to be reproduced in another study, and without that, the finding that he found are not sound. Because of the evidence the research may not have been correct, there was an editorial written stating that Wakefield’s findings that the MMR vaccine and autism were connected were fraudulent. This editorial also brings to light the fact that Wakefield relied heavily on the recall and beliefs of the parents and altered many of the facts about the patient’s medical histories in order to support his
It takes time to really learn the ins and outs of the game and also to get a good handle on things. The game of basketball started in Springfield Massachusetts and has now become on of the most popular sports nationally known. The game was designed to improve skill and not just require strength (Laughead). The game came from the idea of another game called “duck-on-a-rock”. The objective of the game was to knock the dock off of the rock using another rock. The game of basketball was born at the YMCA training center in Massachusetts. The students at the training center were bored with all the athletic games and needed something new. That’s when Dr. James Naismith came along and invented basketball (Laughead).
Basketball was created by a man named Dr. James Naismith. He created this game not for fun, but because Springfield College’s (then known as the International YMCA Training School) Physical Education class needed a new game to play.
Andrew Wakefield came to this conclusion based on results found in eight out of twelve children. His results were then published in a medical journal called Lancet. Andrew Wakefield condemnation of vaccinations caused the public to become scared ("vaccinations and Autism". . .). Andrew Wakefield's research was the starting point of the conspiracy theory that the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccinations cause Autism. Furthermore, it made people, especially parents of autistic kids, question and lose trust in vaccinations. Without Wakefield's research people, might not question vaccinations as much as they do today. Eventually, Wakefield’s research, in 2004 had problems spring up with it. The study, he had based his research on used children that already had autism before receiving vaccinations. Also, an attorney that had been working against the vaccine maker had many of the kids as clients. On top of that, Wakefield was being paid by the lawyer. The coauthors of the Lancet medical journal that published Wakefield's research, retracted their suggestion that vaccinations caused autism. In January 2010, Wakefield’s medical license was revoked and a month later Lancet
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass., on May 29, 1917. Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and joined the Navy the next year.
1891 Basketball is invented by Dr. James Naismith, an instructor at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
When the population remains unvaccinated, the mortality rate associated with diseases continues to be a global issue. In 1997, a myth created by Andrew Wakefield, a British surgeon, suggested that the vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella cause autism. After this myth was
James was at the YMCA when he made basketball. He was a worker and a member at the YMCA. In the early days wooden peach basket was hooked to a wall with players shooting a soccer ball into the basket to earn points. Basketball could be played outside but it was created as an indoor game that could be played during weather. He also wrote the official rule book and lived on to s...
The intent of this was to reduce fears until the CDC could do comprehensive studies to make sure that vaccines with thimerosal were safe for our most vulnerable citizens, children. There has been “a ten-fold increase in prevalence (. . .of autism) over the last 40 years”, but “there is no established explanation for this continuing increase, although improved diagnosis and environmental influences are two reasons often considered” all of which the article “Autism Speaks” brings up. If vaccines were the cause of the increase in cases of ASD the rate at which people being diagnosed would have plummeted between 1999 and 2001. There is still no definitive answer to why the cases of ASD has rapidly increased but Autism Speaks has identified “that autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls”. You cannot draw the conclusion that vaccines cause autism from this data because vaccines are just as likely to be given to males as females. Doctor Wakefield originally fueled the prediction made by Arsenal has now had his license pulled by the GMC for “dishonesty and irresponsibly in conducting the experiments” (Alice). This alone should be enough to disprove the entire prediction that vaccines cause autism. Wakefield wasn’t even a specialist in the field of early child development he was actually a gastroenterologist making him unqualified to make this connection.
In 1998 a British gastroenterologist, Andrew Wakefield publishes a paper in The Lancet proposing that the MMR vaccine caused intestinal inflammation that led to movement of peptides, in the GI tract, to the blood stream and eventually the brain; where they affected development. (Gerber and Offit) He based this off of his observation of 8 children that displayed symptoms of Autism spectrum Disorder (ASD) along with gastrointestinal discomfort 1 month after getting the meales-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. After a spike in ASD diagnoses this article gained traction with concerned parents looking for something to blame. As it turns out Wakefield’s proposal was wrong for a few reasons. First his research had no control subjects, GI symptoms have never been associated with MMR vaccines, and the traveling peptide has never been identified.
According to World’s Health Organization known as WHO states that “Immunization is a process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease typically by the administration of a vaccine”. WHO is a website for publications, and other resources to ensure that health information reaches people around the world in languages that they can understand. From birth until the age six, 14 diseases can be prevented from childhood vaccines (parent’s guide). This point is brought up because some people question, is childhood immunization the cause of autism? From my research the answer is no childhood vaccinations does not causes autism here is why. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood. Characteristics of autism consist of difficulty in communicating, and forming relationships (Autism speaks). Autism speaks is a website dedicating to funding research into the causes, prevention and even a cure for autism. The correlation of vaccines and autism started in February1998 with Andrew Wakefield a British gastroenterologist did a study on 12 children, out of that eight of whose first symptoms of autism appeared within 1 month or receiving the MMR vaccine (Wakefield). From this study he concluded that childhood vaccines is the cause of autism. I question his findings because there are some unanswered questions I cannot find. One big question I bring up after reading his journal is, if all 12 children were referred to a pediatric unit of intestinal abnormalities who’s to say that the abnormalities is not the cause of autism? Since there are many unanswered questions, Wakefield is not considered a reliable source because he does not have enough data supporting his claim that the MMR vaccine is the cause of autism. Another reason why this is not a reliable source because Wakefield’s journal was retracted. The definition of retracted means to withdraw a statement or accusation as untrue or unjustified
Schools should have uniforms for students so they can be distinguished between grade levels and to have all students dress the same way and offer some protection. Students might be against it because they want to wear regular clothes to impress other students. School uniform should be allowed in private as well in public schools because it will help faculty distinguish students, people and prevent inappropriate dressing.