2007-12-27 09:29:26 · 28 answers · asked by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not a popular choice but it would be Malcolm X. If he had lived longer, it would have just about finished off the Nation of Islam's rhetoric that was so destructive. He went to Hajj, then became fully and truly Muslim... He then embraced a truly multiracial idea of equality where all men of any color was equal in the eyes of God.
2007-12-27 09:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by phillybookwoman 3 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Lincoln or Robert F Kennedy. Lincoln would have made reconstruction easier for the South, and some of the Civil Rights issues might have been avoided.
RFK would have ended the Vietnam War, brought down the Mafia, and closed up the militarial/industrial complex that still runs US foreign policy.
2007-12-28 13:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by La Belle Dame Sans Merci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln. My family fought for the Confederacy and the worst thing that happened besides losing was his assassination. He would have been able to bring the country back together and not have the oppressive revengeful actions taken by the radical northerners which caused many problems for many years and to a point still do. JFK was more an emotional then history changing assassination-he was probably not going to be re-elected and his trip to Texas was an attempt to raise his approval ratings out of the 30% range, he had already upset people by mishandling Cuba, the Bay of Pigs was a diasaster, and started combat troops into Vietnam. From the standpoint of changing life in America Lincoln was a huge difference.
2007-12-27 17:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Both of the Kennedy's. Things would of been different. When JFK was assassinated, there was a lot missing in that story. There's no doubt Bobby Kennedy would of been our next President and a lot of people did not want that to happen.
2007-12-27 21:53:56 · answer #4 · answered by PJ ~88~ FAN 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Either Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King. Both men were very important for the civil rights of our country.
2007-12-27 21:35:24 · answer #5 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easy - Lincoln. His death was the primary reason for all the turmoil which made Reconstruction difficult and less successful than it could have been. The death of JFK was tragic, but the impact on the country was nowhere near as great as Lincoln's death.
2007-12-27 23:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln or Kennedy... and I'll tell you why:
If Lincoln was not assassinated, chances are Andrew Johnson (a drunkard and general waste of space) would never have become president. Reconstruction would have gone much smoother without him involved.
HOWEVER...
If Kennedy wasn't assassinated, chances are he could have had a chance to end the Vietnam War (In theory) instead of LBJ's idea of "Duhh, well, Kennedy started it so I might as well keep it going."
In both cases, it would have saved a lot of fighting and a lot of lives.
2007-12-27 17:32:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
The next one. Let's learn from the past and have no more assassinations!
2007-12-27 20:58:06 · answer #8 · answered by historybuff 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bobby Kennedy.
Martin Luther King
This two have equal value!
2007-12-27 17:40:50 · answer #9 · answered by omega_cage 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
KENNEDY....
I was still in school when President Kennedy was shot and I think he could have solved a lot of problems if he had lived...
2007-12-27 23:25:42 · answer #10 · answered by aspenkdp2003 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋