Modern America Objective: to evaluate the impact of the Kennedy Administration on the Cold War and American culture. Agenda: Warm Up Turn in “I Have a Dream” Speech Kennedy Administration “What Happened at the Bay of Pigs?”

What qualities do you think a president should have? Warm Up What qualities do you think a president should have?

Today’s Terms 1960 Election Camelot The “Third World” Flexible response Peace Corps Alliance for Progress Fidel Castro Bay of Pigs invasion

Election of 1960 Richard M. Nixon John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Richard Milhouse Nixon. Open up your textbooks to page 616 and either alone or with a partner, read the paragraph titled “The Candidates”. You’re going to be looking for the advantages or disadvantages each guy had for becoming president, like their experience and their background. CFU: What page? What paragraph? What are you looking for? Three minutes, go. Transition to ActivStudio to make list Watch clip Outcome: Look in book on page 617 how much did JFK really win by? Richard M. Nixon John F. Kennedy

Camelot America fell in love with the Kennedys; thought he would bring new life and vigor into American battle against the Cold War.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Elected 1960 Seen as American Royalty Brother Bobby appointed as Attorney General Married to Jackie Had major conflicts during his Presidency Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam Assassinated November 22, 1963

JFK Inaugural Address JFK 1 JFK 2 JFK 3

The “Third World” Map: developing nations after WWII and fall of imperialism New ground to fight the battle of the Cold War need dominance. Remember, why did the federal government view the civil rights issues as an embarrassment for the US around the world?  are the people who live here white? Response: Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress- how would this be another way to fight the Cold War abroad?

New Cold War Strategies Military “Flexible Response” Containing Communism Defense policy that prepared the US to fight in any type of conflict Increase funding to Special Forces Programs to develop third world nations economically and politically Peace Corps Alliance for Peace

Kennedy Administration Crises Bay of Pigs Invasion April 17, 1961 Berlin Wall June 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis August-September, 1962 New Frontier Civil Rights Legislation (1963) Desegregation of schools Space Exploration Put a man on the moon by 1970 Economics Equal Pay Act of 1963

Fidel Castro 1959: overthrows corrupt Cuban government 1960: aligns with the Soviet Union sending thousands a refugees to the US Sours relationship with US

“What Happened at the Bay of Pigs?” 1. According to the reading, the idealism of the Peace Corps covered up what? 2. What was the goal of La Brigada/The Brigade? 3. How was the Mafia involved in the Bay of Pigs? 4. Why did the rebels that made up La Brigada come to the US? 5. Identify at least four mistakes made by the US during the Bay of Pigs invasion. How could they have been avoided? 6. Why did Kennedy not want to send in more troops? Was this a good decision or bad decision? Why?