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Presidents has influenced both the growth and destruction of the United States, For example president John F Kennedy approved a plan to invade Cuba which came to be called The Bay Of Pigs Invasion of 1961. He recruited Cuban rebels to work with CIA agents and provide them with inside information. The invasion was a failure. Fidel Castro had already found out about there plans. while they were getting ready for the invasion he was getting ready for his counterattack which resulted in The Cuban Missile Crisis. Fidel Castro created nuclear missile bases that were set up in the direction of the United States. Another president who made a big difference was Lyndon B. Johnson. He created the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act allowed both African Americans and Women to be treated as equal.It stopped discrimination in public facilties.