Baltimore Polytechnic Institute May 2, 2011 U.S. History Mr. Green

The students will summarize the crises that developed over Cuba by creating a time line of events that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis Announcement: Chapter 18/19/20 Test May 6- tentatively Hand In: Chapter 19 Vocabulary Drill: Analyze the Life magazine cover on page 673 and answer the following: 1. Do you think the Bay of Pigs invasion was a success or a failure? What words on the magazine cover helped you draw that conclusion? 2. Whom do the writers seem to credit or blame for the outcome of the invasion? Motivation: What would happen in a nuclear war? Can anyone win such a war? Which countries pose the greatest threat of nuclear war?

Republicans nominate Richard M. Nixon Democrats nominate John F. Kennedy 303 to 219 for JFK in the Electoral College Popular Vote 34,266,731 for JFK 34,108,157 for Nixon 501,643 for Harry F. Byrd-Independent Byrd won 15 Electoral Votes 1 st Roman Catholic elected, youngest elected T.V. played a role in the debates JFK believed Russia gained on the U.S. New Frontier-”get the country moving again”

Bay of Pigs-April 17, Cuban exiles landed at Bay of Pigs to topple Castro inherited from the Eisenhower administration Berlin Wall-August 1961 constructed after JFK met with Khrushchev at Vienna to discuss East Germany East German population fled to West Germany through Berlin European Economic Community-EEC free trade area that turned into the EU Globalization created in 1967 to liberalized trade policies

Cuban Missile Crisis-October 1962 U.S.S.R. began secretly installing nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba JFK refused bombing strikes October 22, 1962-naval quarantine of Cuba an attack from Cuba would be an attack from Russia with a nuclear response U.S. agreed to not invade Cuba U.S. removed missiles from Turkey U.S.S.R. pulled missiles from Cuba Outcomes: Khrushchev out Soviets began massive military buildup Democrats did better in the 1962 mid-terms Prohibiting trial nuclear explosions in the atmosphere signed in late 1963 installment of a Moscow-Washington hotline in August 1963

1. Why do you think Kennedy authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion? 2. What were the consequences of the failed invasion for the U.S.? 3. What were the results of the Cuban missile crisis? 4. Using the map on page 674, about how long would it take for a missile launched from Cuba to reach New York? 5. What led East Germany to build the Berlin Wall? What were the effects of the wall?

Summarize the events that led to the Cuban Missile crisis by creating a time line of the major events

1. Read Chapter 19 Section 2