Kennedy and the Cold War
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Kennedy and the Cold War
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John F. Kennedy
• 35th President of the United States
• Senator from Massachusetts
• World War II Hero Injured on PT Boat 109
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Election of 1960
• Kennedy runs against VP Richard Nixon
• Americans afraid of falling behind USSR Sputnik, Soviet missiles U-2 incident Cuba aligned with USSR
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Kennedy and Nixon
• Eisenhower is popular Nixon hopes it’ll help him
• Kennedy is young, smart, and handsome Promises to “Get America going again”
• Both have very similar positions
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TV Debates
• Kennedy coached by TV executives
• Looks better
• Images become as important as words
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Civil Rights
• MLK is arrested and put in jail
• Eisenhower does nothing Nixon has no public statement
• JFK calls MLK’s wife Robert Kennedy gets MLK released on bail
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Kennedy Wins
• Closest election since 1884 Fewer than 119,000 votes Shenanigans in Chicago
• Picks a young, intelligent advisors “The best and brightest” Brother Robert as Attorney General
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Cold Warrior
• Increased defense spending Troops and ships
• Tripled nuclear capabilities
• Promised to fight in our hemisphere
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Cuba
• Fidel Castro comes to power in 1959 Seized American oil
refineries
• Castro turns to the USSR
• Massive Cuban immigration to US
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Bay of Pigs (April ‘61)
• CIA trains Cubans in America Planned invasion of Cuba
• 1,500 Cubans land at Bay of Pigs No air cover Face 25,000 Cubans
• Disaster for Kennedy and US
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Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct ‘62)
• Soviets sneak nuclear missiles into Cuba
• US blockades Cuba Country is freaked out Russian ships turn back
• Kennedy strikes deal with USSR No invasion of Cuba by US Soviet missiles out of Cuba
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Assassination
• On Nov. 22, 1963, JFK was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime
• Shot on national TV by Jack Ruby
Warren Commission determined that Oswald acted alone
• Conspiracies arise
• Nation mourns as their hope fades away
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Assignment
• Create a Newspaper article about JFK’s presidency
• It can cover his domestic or foreign policies
• Must include…
• Headline
• Picture of event
• Description of event
• How the nation was
effected.