Standard Describe the collaboration on legal strategy between African-America and white Civil Rights lawyers to end racial segregation in higher education. Essential Question: What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Kennedy V. Nixon John F. Kennedy (43) –young senator from Massachusetts –WWII navy veteran Richard Nixon (47) –young senator from California –WWII navy veteran –former vice president

Camelot Kennedy Mystique –JFK –Jackie –Advisers –Administration was called Camelot

The New Frontier The New Frontier, 1961 –Kennedy’s domestic program –medical care for seniors –more educational opportunities –government help to stop recession 1 st Peace Time Deficit –integration and equality Equal Pay Act 1963 “Ask not what your country can do for you…”

The New Frontier Space Race –at first, the USSR was ahead –JFK promised to put a man on the moon by 1970 Project Mercury, 1959 – 1963 –manned spaceflight Project Gemini, 1965 – 1966 –rendezvous and docking Project Apollo, 1961 – 1975 –moonlanding –in 1975, the US and USSR began to work together

Peace Corps The Peace Corps, 1961 –Americans lived in over 70 underdeveloped to share their knowledge education medicine and hygiene agriculture –changed America’s image to the world

Fidel Castro Alliance for Progress –US gave aid to S. America Feared Communism Fidel Castro –led communist revolution in Cuba in 1959 ruler from –denounced US as evil capitalist empire –took US assets in Cuba –ally to Khrushchev (USSR) –Trade Embargo on Cuba

Bay of Pigs Bay of Pigs, 1961 –1,500 anti-Castro fugitives armed and trained by the CIA to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro –US did not give direct aid in order to avoid war –Further poisoned US-Cuban relations three of JFK’s advisors resigned Castro’s influence was even greater

The Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 –Castro tried to install soviet ABMs in Cuba –Kennedy ordered a naval blockade and demanded removal of weapons after satellite photos showed activity –Khrushchev sent ships to break through the blockade –Stalemate = 2 Weeks –Swapped Cuba for Turkey

"We are eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked.“ —Sec. of State Dean Rusk

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963 –USSR and US ended atmospheric nuclear testing –“peaceful co-existence”

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall, 1961 –built by communists to stop flow of skilled workers from East Berlin it stood until 1990 –Khrushchev demanded the USSR be given all of Berlin –JFK increased American troops in Berlin “Ich bin ein berliner.”

Kennedy’s Assassination Dallas, Texas –November 1963 LBJ sworn in on Air Force One Lee Harvey Oswald –Shot JFK –Shot by Jack Ruby 2 days after being arrested –Died in prison a year later Earl Warren led Investigation –Concluded he acted alone

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