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Critical Events Of John F Kennedy
A bitter event like World War II ends with a sweet taste for America because they do not lose as many people as Russia or Germany and, to put the cherry on the top, the war was a bust to get out of the abysmal situation of the great depression. American people believed in their government and the persons behind it because, at the end of the day, that administration won the war, but that political perfection would not last eternally. The critical event? John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy never had an undemanding period as president, nevertheless, the stress of Vietnam, the cold war or the civil right did not kill him but the bullet of Harvey Oswald did. A shot that penetrated the head of a president, but it felt in the hearts of innumerable Americans.

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