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John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis John F. Kennedy acted to the best of his ability to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis, whether his powerful speeches, creating a committee, or his agreements with Khrushchev. The crisis began on October 15, 1962, when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, only ninety miles from Florida. The United States reacted by putting a quarantine, which did not imply a declaration of war like a blockade did, around Cuba. The Soviets then withdrew the missiles, ending the crisis. During the crisis, Kennedy took many important actions that led to the final agreement. These included his powerful and influential speeches that not only strongly stated the United States’ position on offensive missiles in Cuba, but also helped to calm the American populace. Kennedy also created a committee of the most talented advisors in the American government to help …show more content…

Kennedy’s actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis were ingenious, well thought-out, and most importantly, worked to make the world a safer place. His oratory skills were one of his greatest traits and helped to calm the American populace and show the Soviets that the United States meant business. In addition to his speeches, Kennedy created Excomm, who worked to solve the crisis. They ended up with two potential solutions, quarantine or invasion. Kennedy chose quarantine, and it worked to lower the tensions between the two nations. Kennedy’s decision to put the quarantine in place was sagacious and helped to bring peace to the world. Kennedy’s final and riskiest decision of the Cuban Missile crisis was responding only to the first letter. However, by doing this, he secured a great deal not only for America, but for Cuba, and Turkey as well. Since John F. Kennedy acted with decisiveness, cunning, and bravery, Cuba became an independent state, the American-Soviet relationship improved, and most importantly, the Cuban Missile Crisis did not escalate into a nuclear

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