Kennedy and the cold war Ms. Ha Chapter 20 -Section 1
I. Election of 1960 Nixon JF. Kennedy
A. Two candidates 1. Richard Nixon a. VP to President Eisenhower b. Republican
B. John F. Kennedy 1. From Massachusetts a. Senator b. Democrat
C. Television Debate 1. Kennedy a. Better spoken b. Better looking c. Sept. 26, 1960
TV Debate:70 million viewers
II. Current problems A. Several 1. Economic Recession 2. USSR: launch Sputnik (1957) 3. U2 incident 4. Cuba and Soviet Union too friendly
B. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested 1. J.F.K. reached out 2. Called:Coretta S. King 3. Gained black voters 4. Helped secure the Presidency
PHOTOS Rev. King Wife:Coretta
III. The Camelot years: mythical court of King Arthur A. Kennedy elected President 1. Wife Jackie 2. Two children a. Caroline b. John
B. Public fascination
Jackie kennedy
C. Famous speech “ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country”
IV. New military policy A. Flexible Response 1. Fight nonnuclear war 2. Build up military
B. Crisis over Cuba 1. New dictator a. Fidel Castro b. Too friendly with USSR
Castro & Khrushchev Cuba: Castro USSR: Khrushchev
C. ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN CUBA 1. Land: US 75% owned a. Castro: took control b. Result: trade barriers c. Cuba: relies on USSR d. Cubans: repressed
D. Bay of pigs: April 17, 1961 1. U.S. CIA a. Train Cuban exiles b. U.S. Military support c. Landed in Cuba d. Attempt to overthrow Castro: failure!
V. Cuban Missile Crisis A. Cuba/USSR v. U.S. 1. Almost WWIII 2. USSR arming Cuba with missiles 3. Photo proof: U.S. city were targets
Cuban missile sites
B. Image damage 1. Kennedy: “losing” Cuba to Castro 2. Khrushchev: weak backing down
VI. Berlin Wall A. Soviets wanted U.S. out of West Berlin 1. East=Communist 2. West=Free 3. U.S. wouldn’t leave
4. Khrushchev had a wall built 5. Date: August 13, 1961 6. Wall ended Berlin Crisis 7. Increased Cold War tension
B. Ease Tension 1.“Hot Line”:U.S. &Kremlin 2. Communicate at once 3. Both countries agreed to a Limited Test Ban Treaty & barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere