Kennedy and The Cold War Chapter 20 Section 1

The Election of 1960 John F. Kennedy v Richard Nixon Good looking v Experienced? Televised debate affects votes September 26, 1960

The Election of 1960 Kennedy and Civil Rights Martin Luther King, Jr arrested Ike refused to intervene Nixon had no public opinion

The Camelot Years The Kennedy Mystique Public was fascinated The Best and the Brightest Team of advisors included his brother, Robert F, Kennedy as Attorney General

A New Military Policy Defining a military strategy Flexible Response - moved away from reliance on nuclear weapons increased defense spending to boost conventional forces

Crises over Cuba The Cuban Dilemma Fidel Castro came to power 1959 welcomed aid from the Soviet Union Ike cut off diplomatic ties

Crises Over Cuba The Bay of Pigs 1961 CIA trained army of revolutionaries Cubans backed by Soviets Kennedy looked foolish

Crises Over Cuba The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Soviets began sending missiles to Cuba Kennedy responded with warning Began navy blockade Soviets backed off

Crises Over Cuba Kennedy and Khrushchev Take the Heat Soviet prestige went down JFK prestige went up Some thought he lost Cuba

Crisis Over Berlin The Berlin Crisis Huge flow of people from East to West Berlin Berlin Wall constructed 1961

Crisis over Berlin Searching for ways to ease tensions hot line established Limited Test Ban Treaty