1. JFK and the Cold War

3. 1952

5. 1960 Election John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Televised Debates
Democratic Senator MA
Richard M. Nixon
Vice President
Televised Debates
First ever; how would this change campaigning?
Listeners thought Nixon won; Viewers thought Kennedy won
Kennedy-Nixon Debate
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6. Issues Americans had doubts about Kennedy Inexperience Roman Catholic
Had the image
Civil Rights
MLK arrested for sit-in
Eisenhower and Nixon were silent
JFK called his wife and RFK got him out of jail

8. President Kennedy Camelot Gave his brother the job of Attorney General
Grace, elegance, wit
Contrast of what had come before (grandpa)
Inaugural Address
Gave his brother the job of Attorney General
Flexible Response
Broaden options beyond nuclear weapons

9. New Frontier Increase aid to education
Provide health insurance to elderly
Department of Urban Affairs
Deficit Spending
Tax Cuts
Peace Corps

11. Space Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFvJog2dMw
Sputnik launched in 1957
Symbolic call to action for the American people
Competition led to new technologies, innovation

12. Cuban Dillema Fidel Castro was leader who relied on Soviet aid
Bay of Pigs
CIA training Cuban exiles for invasion to overthrow Castro and inspire people to revolt
Disastrous
Boats crash
Air support pulled to hide U.S. involvement

13. Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 photography revealed Soviet missile bases in Cuba
6 days in October 1962
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Assembled troops in Florida
Intercepted Soviet ships
Khrushchev offers to remove missiles to prevent American invasion of Cuba

14. Berlin Wall Thousands of East Germans fleeing to West Berlin
Soviets build the Berlin Wall 1961
1963 Berlin Speech
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Easing tensions
Hot Line
Direct phone line between White House and Kremlin
Limited Test Ban Treaty

15. Coincidence?

16. Nuke Simulator