1. JFK’s New Frontier US History Objectives: **Explain how the Cold War
influenced foreign aid and the
space program
SOL – VUS. 13
Timeline –

2. The Election of 1960 John F. Kennedy
Young (43)
Energetic
Catholic
Democrat
WWII Vet

3. Kennedy (D) vs. Richard Nixon (r)
First televised debates
**Nixon came off as old, sweaty
Kennedy looks cool, calm, collected

4. JFK JFK wins close election
“Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You…Ask what you can do for your country”

5. Kennedy’s Pledge
Pledges to support democracy/freedom against the advances of communism around the world.
The United States would “pay any price, bear any
burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and
the success of liberty.”

6. The Vietcong (V.C.) Attack (early 1960s)
N. Vietnam invades South Vietnam to unify under one communist govt.
Pres Kennedy sends military advisors to help S. Vietnam (Containment - Truman Doctrine)

7. Fidel Castro (1926-????) Led Communist takeover in Cuba
Many Cubans fled to Florida USA

8. The Bay of Pigs (April 17-19, 1961)
CIA plan to -
**arm Cuban exiles
**send them to Cuba and led people’s uprising
against Cuba
Invasion crushed by Castro’s army
Bay of Pigs = FAILURE
Side
# fought
# of casualties
Cuban Exiles
1,500
1,300
Castro’s Army
225,000
176

9. The Cuban Missile Crisis Day 1 – 7 Oct 14, 1962
USA finds out USSR is building missile sites in Cuba to aim at America

10. Cuban Missile Crisis Day 8-12 – October 22, 1962
USSR sending more ships with nukes to Cuba
USA puts a naval blockade around Cuba
World was on the brink of nuclear war

11. Cuban Missile Crisis Day 13 - October 27, 1962
USSR “blinks” and turns ships around
**USSR removes missiles from Cuba
**USA promises to leave Cuba alone

12. The Space Race Star Trek To Boldy Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
JFK increases support to NASA
JFK promised to put a Man on the Moon by end of 1960s (race to the moon)

13. John Glenn (February 20, 1962) First American to orbit the Earth
(Circled Earth 3 times for 5 hours)

14. First Moon Landing (July 20, 1969)
Neil Armstrong (Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins)
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

15. Tragedy in Dallas
** Lee Harvey Oswald shoots JFK during parade