If J.F.K. was'nt assisinated how would this country be different?

Answer 1

We'll never know unless we find a portal to some parallel universe where someone was able to intercept the shooter, or thwart the conspiracy, etc.

Though we are seeing an incredible degree of corruption now, it didn't just start in 2000. The groundwork was being laid well before Kennedy. History shows that he was no saint, either, but then few people are.

"If" is a mighty big word. Every single decision and every single action has consequences. Think about the butterfly effect. There's just no way to take an isolated incident and say that it was the only thing that led to... whatever. Also, an act is often the result of the time we live in, and many times we get the impression that if one person didn't do it, someone else would try.

Answer 2

It's impossible to say with any certainty.

His affair with Marilyn Monroe might have been exposed which would have forced him to resign in shame.

Had he been reelected -- almost a certainty -- it's hard to say what his policies in Vietnam would have been or what impact they might have had. Keep in mind that in that time in history, the Democrats were the party of the hawks and the Republicans were the doves. He might have stepped up the effort such as might have brough the war to an earlier end with a very different outcome. Had that happend, it's likely that Castro might have held out some olive branches hoping to placate him but that's purely speculation on my part. Don't forget that Kennedy is the one who got us significantly involved in Vietnam in the first place so that outcome that we had may have been pre-ordained from the beginning regardless of who was in the Oval Office.

In reality, it probably would have been more of the same old "same old" leading to Nixon's election in 1968. From that point, it would have not mattered; it's likely that history would have bene back on the track that it eventuallly took anyway. LBJ would have been too old to run for the Presidency; the only real speculation would have been who the Democratic nominee might have been. Bobby would have probably been assassinated anyway so that would have been a wash as well.

It's possible that even more headway would have been made on civil rights though that likely would have increased the chances of assassination attempts in his second term. It's a bit surprising that some cracker didn't go after LBJ in 1965 after the Civil Rights Act was passed.

Answer 3

Firstly and most importantly, we wouldn't have spent any more time in Vietnam. That being the case, you have to look at whether what were doing in Vietnam, would have changed. Though many people believe that we were stopping the spread of communism, others believe the war was about money. Would communism have spread further? I cannot answer that.

JFK, was very astute with social matters within our country. He started the peace corps, which has helped millions of people outside the US. I believe he would have continued this type of work.

Would the country truely be different? I doubt it, but he was a very influental man.

Answer 4

Well, we all know that JFK was a player. So I think if he wasn't assassinated he would get caught with some pin up girl in the oval office. Then the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky thing wouldn't have been such a shocker and Monica wouldn't be as famous as she is today.