AIM: What events defined JFK’s Presidency?

Review Questions 1. Who won the presidency in 1960? 2. What was the name of his domestic program? 3. What foreign issue became a public embarassment for the president?

Participants in the Bay of Pigs invasion after their capture by the forces of Fidel Castro (1961).

The Cuban Missile Crisis Khrushchev sends weapons to Cuba- including nukes JFK warns USSR: missile attack will trigger war USSR avoids confrontation at sea- reach agreement with U.S.

Kennedy and Khrushchev Take the Heat Khrushchev’s prestige severely damaged in USSR JFK criticized for brinkmanship & not ousting Castro Cuban exiles - GOP; Castro bans flights to and from Miami

The Berlin Crisis Hot-line & Limited Test Ban Treaty 1961: 20% of Germans flee to W. Berlin – Impact on East? Khrushchev: close access roads to W.Berlin JFK refuses RESULT: USSR isolates W. Berlin from E. Germany w/ Berlin Wall Hot-line & Limited Test Ban Treaty

A young woman and her boyfriend talking to the woman’s mother, who is on the east side of the Berlin Wall (1962).

Review Questions 1. Identify two areas where the US came to the brink of war with the Soviets under the Kennedy Administration?

Space Race!! [April 1961] USSR -Yuri A. Gagarin: first in space [May 1961] USA Alan Shepard in space [July 1969] Neil Armstrong: 1st to walk on moon IMPACT?!?!

Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., standing in front of the spacecraft Friendship 7.

Four Days in November 1963 November 22, 1963, JFK shot, killed riding in motorcade in Dallas Jack Ruby shoots alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald Vice president Lyndon Johnson succeeds JFK

President John F. Kennedy slumps over seconds after being hit by an assassin’s bullet (November 22, 1963).

Tragedy in Dallas Unanswered Questions Warren Commission investigates, concludes Oswald acted alone 1979 reinvestigation concludes Oswald part of conspiracy

Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as president of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy (right) witnesses the oath (November 22, 1963).