President John F. Kennedy and Cuba VUS.12 b,c Objective: The student will demonstrate knowledge of United States foreign policy since World War II by describing.

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President John F. Kennedy and Cuba VUS.12 b,c Objective: The student will demonstrate knowledge of United States foreign policy since World War II by describing the policy of containment of communism and explaining the role of America’s military in defending freedom during the Cold War.

President John F. Kennedy (JFK) Elected in 1960 with a narrow majority over RICHARD NIXON

President John F. Kennedy (JFK) YOUNGEST elected president

VP Teddy Roosevelt took office when President McKinley was shot and killed. He was 42.

President John F. Kennedy (JFK) only CATHOLIC president

President John F. Kennedy (JFK) WORLD WAR II veteran

Pledged in his inaugural address that 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 success of LIBERTY”

He also said, “Ask not what your country can do for YOU; ask what you can do for your COUNTRY”

President John F. Kennedy (JFK) Began the American military buildup in VIETNAM

President John F. Kennedy (JFK) ASSASSINATED in 1963 in Dallas, Texas, in an event that shook the nation’s confidence

Cuba Cuba was a site of Cold War CONFRONTATIONS

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) In the late 1950s FIDEL CASTRO led a COMMUNIST revolution that took over Cuba He did this with the help of a revolutionary named Ernesto “CHE” Guevara

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) The US supported Fulgencio BATISTA’s leadership over Cuba

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Many Cubans fled to FLORIDA (exiles)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) With the AUTHORIZATION of President Kennedy and the help of the US Government these Cuban exiles later attempted to INVADE Cuba and OVERTHROW Castro

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) They went in through the BAY OF PIGS on the southwest coast of Cuba

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) The invasion FAILED miserably and severely HURT American-Cuban relations

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) The US discovers that the SOVIET UNION has secretly stationed MISSILES in Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) President Kennedy considered three options –An AIR ATTACK on the missiles –A full MILITARY INVASION –A naval BLOCKADE of Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Kennedy choose a QUARANTEEN or a more selective form of a BLOCKADE stopping WEAPON carrying ships from entering/leaving Cuba He ordered the Soviets to REMOVE the missiles

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) For SEVERAL DAYS the world was on the brink of NUCLEAR WAR

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Eventually, the SOVIET leadership “blinked” (backed down) and REMOVED the missiles Removed

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