1. Agenda War Mup: Quick Review of the Korean War SOL Review
2. Discussion: The Cold War: 1960s
4. SOL Reviews
HW: Finish SOL Review
Test Corrections Due Friday 5/11

2. Review What policy set the Korean War in motion?
Who was fired during the Korean War? Why?
Which country got involved in the war, thus pushing the US back to the 38th?
How did the Korean War end?
Why is North Korea a current threat?
What is historically happening between the Koreas currently?

3. Cold War Politics: 1960s
Fleckner was here

4. Nuclear Arms Race
US and Soviet Union compete to make more nukes than the other
1955- Soviets have nukes
Delivery Methods
Bombs
Missiles
Torpedo
Soviets build more than US

6. Cuba Goes Communist 1959
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara take down authoritarian leader
Castro wants American support
Eisenhower shut him out
Castro makes Cuba Communist
John F Kennedy (JFK) elected 1960
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
CIA attempt to oust Castro
Failed miserably

7. Cuban Missile Crisis: Oct. 1962
Soviets transporting nuclear weapons into Cuba.
They claim it is for defense
Missiles can reach major US cities.
US blockade of Cuba to stop the flow of nuclear weapons.
Khrushchev claims nuclear war is inevitable.
13 days Oct 16-28: speeches, phone calls, and conversations, Khrushchev turns the ships around.

9. Mutually Assured Destruction
Prior to 1962, it was a constant nuclear arms race.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, people know how close the Earth came to annihilation, leaders begin to discuss limiting the use of nuclear weapons.
After Kennedy is assassinated, an increased presence in Vietnam leads to a new look into Containment.