1. Kennedy’s Foreign Policy
Identify and evaluate the new ways that Kennedy sought to deal with the challenges and fears of the Cold War

2. 3 tab Foldable
Write each of the following on a tab of your foldable: John F. Kennedy, Flexible Response, The Peace Corps
Read pages 846 – 847 and write notes for each

3. Alliance for Progress
Purpose to build up economies for poor Latin American nations
Reduce the appeal of communism

4. Cuba’s Revolution Fidel Castro seized power in January, 1959
Set up a communist government
Cuba – 90 miles south of Florida

5. Plan to Overthrow Castro
Developed by CIA while Eisenhower was president
Recruited Cuban exiles forced to flee
Exiles land in Cuba and start an uprising; hoped others would join them and rebel

6. Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961 invasion began 1500 Cuban exiles
Mistakes happened
Kennedy refused to provide air support
Cuban forces crush invasion within days
Captured survivors

7. Effects of Invasion
Kennedy no longer completely trusted military and CIA advice
Latin America lost trust in Kennedy
Khrushchev begins to think Kennedy is not a strong leader and can be bullied

8. Berlin West Berlin full member of Western Alliance
East Berlin controlled by Soviet Union
American, British,
and French
forces stationed in
West Berlin
irritated Soviet Union
led to conflict

9. East Germans flee to West Berlin for economic reasons and freedom
June, 1961 – Vienna, Austria: Khrushchev insists west must move out by end of year
Kennedy sent more troops to the city

10. Berlin Wall
August 13, 1961 with Soviet backing border between East and West Berlin is closed
Wall of concrete blocks with barbed wire built
Soviets post armed guards

11. Berlin wall cuts most communication between two parts of the city
Wall symbolized communist oppression

12. Stretched 28 miles through the middle of Berlin and another 75 miles around West Berlin

15. Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 – most dangerous Cold War crisis
Mid-October US spy plane discovered Soviets building launching sites for nuclear missiles

16. Missiles could reach US within minutes
Kennedy meets with advisors
Explore ideas including invading Cuba and bombing missile sites

17. Oct. 22, 1962 – Kennedy appears on TV revealing the buildup of Soviet missiles in Cuba
Ordered Navy blockaded to close off Cuba until Soviets remove missiles
Threatened to destroy Soviet ships if they broke through blockade

19. Soviet ships turn back
Soviets agree to remove missiles from Cuba
US agrees not to invade Cuba and to remove missiles from Turkey

20. Kennedy and Khrushchev work to build better relations
1963 hotline set up for instant communication
Signed a treaty banning nuclear tests

21. Space Race
April, 1961 – Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin becomes first person to orbit the Earth
May, 1961 – Alan Shepard, Jr. first American to make a space flight

22. Kennedy sets goal – landing man on moon by the end of the decade
Congress funded NASA – expanded Florida launching facility and built control center in Houston

23. February, 1962 – John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth
July 20, 1969 – spacecraft Eagle landed on the moon; Neil Armstrong took first step “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”