Kennedy and the Cold War Kennedy’s New Frontier 19.1 & 2 Kennedy and the Cold War Kennedy’s New Frontier

Election of 1960; Kennedy Defeats Nixon; Nixon VP (8 yrs Election of 1960; Kennedy Defeats Nixon; Nixon VP (8 yrs.); Unsettled problems remained Candidates; similarities and differences; Power of the Television; Largest voter turnout in U.S history

New Cold War Strategies; New Vigor; Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. Lost ground during Ike (Fidel Castro); Not afraid of foreign affairs Build up nation’s military; flexible response 3rd World Initiatives; Reasons; 1. Peace Corps (1961)  tech., education, health, etc…);2. Alliance for Progress (Good Neighbor Policy)

Situation in Cuba BEFORE Fidel, U Situation in Cuba BEFORE Fidel, U.S Relations with Batista; Diplomacy with Fidel; Successful? Why? Confronting Communism in Cuba; Bay of Pigs (April 17, 1961); Successful? Why?; Results; Embargo (Feb. 1962); (300/ 1,400) Cuban Missile Crisis(1962); Khrushchev helping Castro; JFK’s response (10/22/1962); quarantine (blockade); 13 days; Ultimately? Results; Khrushchev lost prestige; JFK Hero; hot-line between S.U & U.S; Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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Berlin Crisis; Khrushchev’s plan for Berlin; JFK’s response (Germany should be united) Attempts for peace Vienna Conference (June 1961); S.U end U.S military presence; U.S  refused; meeting ends abruptly S.U orders wall to be built; JFK  1,500 troops; neither side wins –BUT- Berlin Wall