ON THE BRINK Causes and Effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Foreign Policy in the Early 1960s

Advertisements

Study your notes and key terms from Cold War Day 1. There will be a small quiz. – Cold War – Iron Curtain – Containment – Marshall Plan – Truman Doctrine.

Other Cold War Conflicts. Korea is divided at the 38 th parallel in 1945 U.S. controls the South, the Soviets the North Each country sets up governments.

Cuban Missile Crisis. Background Cuba, small island, 90 miles from FL Cuba, small island, 90 miles from FL U.S. businesses controlled much of Cuba, U.S.

Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet Global Policy Soviet foreign policy changes with the death of Stalin. The Soviet Union becomes interested in the Third World.

 US supported a very unpopular Cuban dictator  The people began to revolt and Fidel Castro led the revolution and came to power  At first Castro.

The Cuban Missile Crisis: The World on the Brink 1962

Direct and Indirect Conflict American and Soviet Conflict by Proxy.

President Kennedy Soviet Premier Khrushchev Cuban Leader Fidel Castro.

Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Terms and People John F. Kennedy – a Democratic senator who was elected President in 1960 Richard M. Nixon – former Republican.

Objectives Explain the steps Kennedy took to change American foreign policy. Analyze the causes and effects of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile.

Discussion What is Cuba's location in relationship to the United States? Cuba is close to Florida in the United States.

Why did America become involved in Cuba?

Communism and the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy’s Presidency.

Cuban Missile Crisis/ Bay of Pigs Kendra Morgan Shanny.

The Bay of Pigs 1959: Fidel Castro (a communist and ally of the Soviet Union) came in to power in Cuba The U.S. did not trust Castro and planned to overthrow.

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Cold War – Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Cuban Missile Crisis. The “Alliance for Progress” President John F. Kennedy hoped to improve relations with Latin America to prevent the spread of.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Kennedy’s Foreign Policy.

You Make the Call. What is a political cartoon? Drawings that express the artist’s point of view about a situation or event Can criticize, show approval,

JFK AND THE COLD WAR Ch Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Daily goal(s): Understand how JFK responded to Cold War conflicts like the Bay of Pigs, Cuban.

Lesson 4 – Cuban Missile Crisis Essential Question What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis have on Cold War relations? Learning Outcomes - Students will:

US Foreign Policy Ch. 22, Sec 3. JFK & LBJ faced many _________________, in addition to domestic ones Cuba- US-supported leader __________.

Overview of President Kennedy, The Cold War, and Cuba.

Cold War Conflicts Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban Revolution Timeline:  1952 – Batista Coup  1953 – Castro launches first rebellion; fails.  1956 – Castro begins guerilla war against Batista.

 Conflict between the communists and democratic nations  Communists were led by the Soviet Union  Democratic nations led by the United States Source:

Changing World, Changing Roles Chapter 10, Lesson 4.

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Origins The ‘Thirteen Days’ Consequences.

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Aim: How did the “ proxy war ” over Cuba symbolize the entire Cold War, for both the superpowers and their “ proxies ” ?

The Cuban Missile Crisis Objective: What were the causes and consequences?

1) How does John Lewis Gaddis describe the Cuban Missile Crisis? The only episode after World War II in which each of the major areas of Soviet- American.

American History Chapter 17 Section 2. Flexible Response Kennedy tried to reduce the threat of nuclear war and contain communism. He wanted the option.

Revolution in Cuba by the early 1950s, U.S. corporations

COLD WAR IN CUBA.  Fidel Castro  U.S. embargo  Castro installs communist government in 1959 CUBAN REVOLUTION.

Cuban Missile Crisis F.A.Q Harris & Tro. From a holistic approach, The Cuban Missile Crisis served as an inhibitor in the context of high tensions throughout.

Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the deployment.

Ehn Nishioka Daniel Frasier. The Beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis starts when Fidel Castro rises to power on January 1, Castro begins making.

The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs Invasion The 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt at invasion following the Cuban Revolution.

Goals of the Bay of Pigs Invasion  The United States government was disturbed when Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959 and developed ties to the Soviet.

THE COLD WAR: CUBA BBS 20 th Century History. BACKGROUND  Cuba was the site of many Cold War confrontations.  The missile crisis is a direct example.

The Kennedy and Johnson Years ( ) I. BaY OF BIGS INVASION 1. U.S. Plan to overthrow Communist (Fidel Castro) in Cuba. a. CIA trained Anti-Castro.

Problems in Cuba Chapter 23 Section 2. Castro’s Cuba  The U.S. had worried about Cuba ever since revolutionary leader Fidel Castro took over in 1959.

Word Scramble BUAC – Cuba STROAC – Castro GUARS – Sugar YBA FO GPSI – Bay of Pigs SILEMSI – Missile Stretch and Challenge Once you have unscramble the.

JFK Foreign Policy. Background: Student Palo Alto High School  Harvard  Stanford  US Navy WWII Harvard – Senior thesis: Why Britain failed to maintain.

Chapter 28, Section 3 Aim: Crisis Over Cuba. By the 1960s, the U.S. and Soviet Union had emerged as superpowers (nations with enough military, political,

Kennedy’s New Policy re: Communism Flexible Response : Designed to give President many options for dealing with communism.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Warm-Up!!!  Analyze the above political cartoon. What unit goal is being portrayed through the illustration? What types of events might this cartoon.

Castro’s Cuba 1950’s- Cuba ruled by an unpopular dictator, Batista- who the U.S. supported. Cuban resentment led to an overthrow led by Fidel Castro, who.

The Cuban Missile Crisis October 14 – October 28, 1962.

Fears of a nuclear attack and spread of communism led to a Red Scare in the late 1940s & 1950s Americans grew worried about Communists & Soviet spies living.

Cold War-Trouble with Cuba 90 miles away…. The Bay of Pigs Invasion The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by US-backed Cuban exiles to.

On October 14, a U-2 spy plane over western Cuba discovered the missile sites. President Kennedy demanded that Khruschev remove them, but he refused. The.

Overview of President Kennedy, The Cold War, and Cuba

Cold-War Conflicts And Containment Policy

The Cold War comes to the Americas

Civil Rights Movement Cold War & Cuba Civil Rights Movement.

The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

March 8, 2017 Global II Agenda: DO NOW: Multiple Choice Review

Causes and Effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Bringing the U.S. to the brink of war with the Soviet Union in 1962

Names of people: Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Presentation transcript:

ON THE BRINK Causes and Effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis

OVERVIEW This lesson examines: Historical and immediate contexts of the Cuban Missile Crisis US and Soviet actions during the crisis Resolution and long-term consequences

The Monroe Doctrine In the early 1800’s, US President, James Monroe, claimed Central and South America as the American sphere of influence: “The American continents … are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."

The Monroe Doctrine “...It is impossible that the allied [European] powers should extend their political system to any portion of [the Americas], without endangering our peace and happiness: nor can any one believe that our Southern Brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.” How might the nations of Central and South America have viewed the Monroe Doctrine?

The Nuclear Imbalance During the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviets had less nuclear missiles than the US and could not directly target the US while the Americans could “Thor” Class: IRBM Range: 2,000 miles Location: UK “Jupiter” Class: MRBM Range: 2,400 miles Location: Italy and Turkey How might the Soviets have felt about this imbalance and what might they have attempted in order to correct it?

Change in Cuba Context Question: How did the US respond to the presence of communism on the Korean peninsula?

Change in Cuba In Jan, 1959, Fidel Castro’s revolution created a communist state which was 2,400km away from the US Castro nationalized US sugar industries Cuba requested assistance from the USSR in 1960 US broke ties in Jan 1961

Change in Cuba The failure of American diplomacy led to other actions: In April 1961, US-trained rebels invaded the “Bay of Pigs” to overthrow Castro The invasion failed and most rebels were captured or killed The US isolated Cuba diplomatically and economically Cuba requested additional aid from the Soviet Union What led to a breakdown of relations between the US and Cuba? What kind of assistance might Castro have asked for after the Bay of Pigs incident?

Actions and Responses Oct 13, 1961: A U2 spy-plane identified potential Soviet missile facilities being established on Cuba

On Oct 22, 1961, President Kennedy announced to the American public that Soviet missiles were being deployed on Cuba He stated that if built, the missiles had the potential to reach as far north as “Hudson Bay, Canada”

Actions and Responses Launch airstrike on missile sites and invade Cuba Blockade Cuba by navy and prevent missile delivery Negotiate to remove missile sites from Cuba and Turkey Result? US starts war with the Soviet Union US forces the Soviets to start conflict American public sees US president as weak Allow Soviet missiles to be installed in Cuba Result? American public would remove US president

If the blockade was broken by Soviet vessels, the US would then launch an invasion of Cuba If the USSR launched any missiles against the US, Kennedy promised “full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union” What did Kennedy do next? Asked the Soviets to remove the missiles Readied US forces for an invasion Created a naval “quarantine” around Cuba

How did the Russians respond? USSR foreign minister, Gromyko, flew to Washington to meet with Kennedy Russian ships loaded with missiles continued towards Cuba

Khrushchev first offered that the missiles would be removed if Kennedy guaranteed Cuba would not be invaded Before Kennedy could respond, Khrushchev also demanded that the Jupiter missiles in Turkey be removed How could Kennedy avoid war while having the missiles removed?

Publicly, Kennedy agreed to stop the invasion for withdrawal of the missiles. Privately, Kennedy was willing to remove missiles in Turkey. Khrushchev ordered the withdrawal of ships before hearing the final offer. War was avoided and the crisis was over. Resolution

What was “brinkmanship” and what could have resulted by following this policy? How might the Soviet leadership have viewed Khrushchev’s actions? Who would emerge as the “winner” in this conflict and why?

Long-term Consequences The Soviet missiles were removed under UN supervision The US quietly removed the Jupiter missiles from Turkey The US and USSR established a “hotline” between the two leaders

SUMMARY QUESTIONS What major factors led the USSR to install missiles in Cuba? What responses were available to the US and why did they choose the one they did? What was the key turning point of the conflict? What did each side gain and/or lose?