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Aim #72: Did Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis bring the U.S. to the brink of war? Do now! Please read the “Excerpt from Eisenhower’s Farewell.

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1 Aim #72: Did Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis bring the U.S. to the brink of war? Do now! Please read the “Excerpt from Eisenhower’s Farewell Address and Kennedy’s Inaugural Address” and answer accompanying questions

2 (I)COLD WAR: CUBA a.(1959) Fidel Castro leads a revolution which removes Cuban dictator Batista from power b.Castro nationalized American owned businesses (Cuban govt. took them over without compensation) c.Eisenhower ordered an embargo on Cuba d. Eisenhower Farewell Address: warns about the “military industrial complex” 1. US spending too much $ on arms race and it might have a negative impact on U.S. society Question: What is the point of view of the cartoonist with regards to the Military Industrial Complex?

3 (II). JFK FOREIGN POLICY a.Alliance for Progress: economic development for Latin America b.(1961) Bay of Pigs invasion 1.JFK approves of CIA plan (1 st made under Eisenhower) to train Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro 2.Result: Complete failure because no support in Cuba for their uprising; Cuba moves closer to the Soviets

4 III. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) a.U.S. U-2 spy planes discover Soviets were installing nuclear weapons in Cuba JFK HAD TWO CHOICES OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IN CUBA: FIRST: SECOND: HE CHOSE the _________________________________________ https://youtu.be/H5ZzL9KsyPY https://youtu.be/bOZrF9VR5PU

5 CIA Briefing Map Meeting of the ExComm (Executive Committee of the National Security Council) October 16, 1962

6 b. Kennedy orders a naval blockade of Cuba (quarantine) to pressure the Soviets to remove the missiles and prevent any more missiles from being brought in to Cuba c. Khrushchev agrees to remove missiles and Kennedy promised not to invade Cuba d. US would later on remove missiles from Turkey e. impact: hotline between Washington D.C. and Moscow in an effort to relax tensions Cuban Missile Crisis – Continued- Question: What is the cartoonist’s point of view??? https://youtu.be/bOZrF9VR5PU

7 TIMELINE OF COLD WAR EVENTS IN CUBA

8 WRAP UP! FLIP OVER DO NOW AND ANSWER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

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