John F Kennedy Dbq

While campaigning out west for the 1964 presidential election. President John F. Kennedy made a stop with the governor of Dallas at the time, Connelly, as they drove around the city a bullet struck Kennedy in the neck and the head leading to his tragic death. At the time of Kennedy’s death, he was an advocate against the Vietnam War and, according to many people, de-escalated the war by sending troops to South Vietnam. But. Once he died, the US joined. This affected many Americans, people died and businesses were lost. (https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/vietnam) John F. Kennedy's death made it more likely for the U.S. to send troops to Vietnam. While President Kennedy was still alive, he was hesitant to send troops to

I think everybody’s going to think, ‘we’re landing the Marines, we’re off to battle’” (President Lyndon B. Johnson, 6 March 1965 (prde.upress.virginia.edu/content/Vietnam). This shows that the US would go to war even though President Johnson was “scared” he had to make his plans very clear to the country, which is a big reason many countries fear going to war with America. And it also can tell that when a country goes to war many lives are lost, which is why JFK’s death led to many lives being lost in Vietnam. Many people argue to this day that JFK’s death caused many innocent lives to be lost, especially because during this time very young men would be participating in wars. To this day, many Americans wonder if JFK had been alive, would he have gone to war or would he still have stayed hesitant? And if he were to stay hesitant, would many lives be saved? The assassination of Kennedy affected people’s trust in the government and the cost of living in the

But following the death of President Kennedy, the country had fully changed its mind and turned to violence. During this time, violence wasn’t the only thing that affected the country; something else that affected the war was inflation; the economy spent millions of dollars on guns and war supplies. It was causing mass inflation throughout the country. During this time President Johnson heavily underestimated the cost of war, the increase in the country's spending was called the “Great Inflation” which went on for years. Prices of things like oil and many different produce items became harder to find during the Vietnam War, causing mass outrage throughout America. During this time President Lyndon B. Johnson was a Democrat. When the Vietnam War started, many people lost faith in the Democratic