JFK
JOHN F. KENNEDY Kennedy defeats Nixon TV debates propel Kennedy to
victory New era in American politics: the
television age
The New Frontier Improve overall quality of American life
and reenergize American foreign policy Increased minimum wage $1.25 Extended unemployment insurance Increased defense spending by 20% Space program develops - NASA
In 1960, the minimum wage was $1.00 an hour.
Here's what some basics cost in 1960:
New house; $11,700Average monthly rent: $88Gas: 22c a gallonNew car: $2,050Health insurance for family: $75 a month
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2012/04/04/Minimum-Wage-and-What-It-Buys-You-1950s-to-Now.aspx?index=1
Helping Poverty AbroadPeace Corps Program of volunteer assistances to
developing nations
Alliance for Progress Offered economic and technical
assistance to Latin American countries
Kennedy’s Foreign Affairs
Flexible Response Preparing for a variety of military
responses to international crisis instead of just focusing on using nuclear weapons
Bay of Pigs Invasion Pro-Soviet Cuban leader Fidel Castro
takes over in 1959 CIA trained anti-Castro refugees
prepare for invasion of Cuba April 1961 – 1,500 invaders are
destroyed by Castro forces
COMPLETE DISASTER!!!
Cuban Missile Crisis – Oct 1962 U-2 spy plane photos reveal nuclear missiles
in Cuba JFK decides to set up a naval quarantine
(blockade of Cuba to stop the flow of missile parts)
Soviet ships turn around at last minute to avoid confrontation
Soviets agree to remove missiles if U.S. pledges not to invade Cuba
U.S. secretly agrees to take out missiles in Turkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDAQB1sA9k
Berlin Wall Crisis – 1961 11 million East Germans flee to West
BerlinKhrushchev gives deadline of
December for U.S. to withdraw from West Berlin
JFK refuses and Khrushchev builds a wall so East Berliners cannot get into West Berlin
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall/videos/deconstructing-history-berlin-wall
Hotline Established Direct phone line from D.C. to Moscow
Limited Test Ban Treaty Barred nuclear testing in the
atmosphere
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