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On March 21, 1947. Congress voted against a proposal to mend the American constitution and prevented presidential term limits from ever existing, the reason for the failure of the amendment was thanks to a speech giving by southern democrat James L Wilson "FDR did what no other president did before him and that was take these united states out of a depression the word has ever seen, he alone gave jobs to the American people, he lead us towards victory in the war and you cowards want to repay him with this? I say no, I will not stand this insult to FDR and I demand this chamber stand with me." After the historical speech, Congress roared into applaud that was until the speaker of the house stopped the roaring and shouting. No president since FDR has served a 3rd term but there has been attempts but one man will live up to FDR's legacy his name was John F Kennedy, during his first term his was able to solve the Cuban Missile crisis, he pushed for his dream for a man to walk on the moon to happen, he lead American through the Vietnam war and more but luckily for Kennedy; After finding the dead body of the lee Harvey Oswald near the American-Mexico border, according to the report a file was found on the body saying that Oswald was meeting with Russian and Cuban spies, what happened at this meeting is still unknown but what we do know is that it went sour. During his second term he was able to pass "the treaty of Hanoi." This ended the Vietnam war and gave the people of the north and south to choose democracy or communism. The people choose democracy in a overwhelming landslide victory. He was able to please the civil rights movement and meet with leaders such as martin Luther king. He was able to give the black man the right to vote. He also took part in the "six day war" in Israel. On the 30th January 1969 JFK was the first president since FDR to serve a 3rd term but the road ahead is not so clear.
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