The New Frontier and the Great Society Chapter 28

Fidel Castro January 1959 Confiscates private land Established ties with Soviet Union US Retaliates  Trade embargo  Ended diplomatic relations  Assassination attempts

Castro and Baseball

Bay of Pigs April 17, ,500 Cuban exiles Critics--US not aggressive enough Embarrassment to US Crucial to Cuban missile crisis of October 1962.

Cuban Missile Crisis 1960 USSR to defend Cuba July 1962 –Spy reports of missiles Oct. 22 – blockade Oct 28 – USSR backs down US promises not to invade Cuba US to remove missiles from Turkey

Cuban Missile Crisis Marked antagonistic period in U.S.- Soviet relations. Marked the closest the world had come to global nuclear war.

Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (July, 1963)  Banned the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons: land, sea, and outer space. Hot-line installed with 24-hour access between Moscow and Washington

Kennedy Assassination Political trip to Dallas 12:30: President Shot 2:28: Johnson takes the oath of office

Kennedy Assassination

Warren Commission Investigated the Kennedy Assassination Ruling: Oswald acted alone

LBJ and the Great Society Declared “war on poverty” Medical care for the elderly/poor Jobs training programs Head Start

LBJ and the Great Society Expanded Social Security Housing Programs Pushed through JFK’s civil rights legislation

The Supreme Court and the Rights of the Accused Warren Court 1953 – 1969 Sweeping Changes Illegal evidence Right to counsel Miranda warnings