JFK and the Cold War.

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JFK and the Cold War

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1960 Election John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Televised Debates Democratic Senator MA Richard M. Nixon Vice President Televised Debates First ever Listeners thought Nixon won; Viewers thought Kennedy won https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QazmVHAO0os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIdsQACxzN4

Issues Americans had doubts about Kennedy Inexperience Roman Catholic Had the image Civil Rights MLK arrested for sit-in Eisenhower and Nixon were silent JFK called his wife and RFK got him out of jail

President Kennedy Camelot Gave his brother the job of Attorney General Grace, elegance, wit Contrast of what had come before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxa4HDgfW Fs Gave his brother the job of Attorney General Flexible Response Broaden options beyond nuclear weapons

Cuban Dillema Fidel Castro was leader who relied on Soviet aid Bay of Pigs CIA training Cuban exiles for invasion to overthrow Castro Disastrous

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 photography revealed Soviet missile bases in Cuba 6 days in October 1962 https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=D-Ui8175D8E Assembled troops in Florida Intercepted Soviet ships Khrushchev offers to remove missiles to prevent American invasion

Berlin Wall Thousands of East Germans fleeing to West Berlin Soviets build the Berlin Wall 1961 1963 Berlin Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK90 7TwM7q0 Easing tensions Hot Line Direct phone line between White House and Kremlin Limited Test Ban Treaty

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