Vocabulary/Identification John F. Kennedy Fidel Castro hot line Limited Test Ban Treaty Berlin Wall flexible response

Kennedy and the Cold War Chapter 20 – 1 Kennedy and the Cold War

Chapter 20 – 1 Objectives Identify the factors that helped Kennedy win the 1960 Presidential election. Describe the new military policy of the Kennedy Administration. Describe the crisis that developed over Cuba. Explain how the Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Cold War.

Factors That Helped Kennedy Win Voter restlessness Economic Recession Kennedy’s poise during Nixon Debates Frankness about religious issues Coming to the aid of MLK Good looks and charisma Well – organized campaign Kennedy family wealth

Kennedy – Nixon Debate

Bay of Pigs Fiasco Invaders killed or jailed Kennedy embarrassed Public relations win for Castro U.S. paid ransom for invaders who were jailed Public outrage

Berlin Crisis – Part II 11 years since the Berlin Airlift 3 million East Germans fled to the West Refugees advertized the failures of East German Communist government

Building the Berlin Wall

Berlin Crisis – Part II Berlin wall built Flow of German refugees reduced. Fleeing East Germans shot as they attempt to go west.

Cuban Missile Crisis Castro had a powerful ally in the Soviet Union Summer 1962, Soviet missiles sent to Cuba October 14, photos taken of missile silos October 22, Kennedy tells U.S. citizens Kennedy warns that if missiles are launch, an all out nuclear war would result. For 6 days the world stood on edge. Russians blink, head back to USSR.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban exiles switch allegiances from Democratic party to the Republicans Castro banned all flights between Cuba and the U.S.

President Kennedy Addresses the Nation on the Crisis

Hot Line – U.S. and USSR Talk Dedicated phone line to allow the Kremlin and White House to communicate at once should another crisis arise.

Comedy Spoof on US – Soviet Relations

Limited Test Ban Treaty After the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Wall issue, Washington and Moscow agree to ban nuclear testing in the earth’s atmosphere. A new era of cooperation had begun.

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