1. Spread of The cold War

2. The world would now live with the threat of nuclear war.
NUCLEAR AGE
The world would now live with the threat of nuclear war.
Arms race between Soviet Union and U.S. who could build the most nuclear weapons.
U.S. would use nuclear weapons as a “deterrent”
Peace through strength……
“nuclear diplomacy”
atomic bomb

3. The Arms Race: A “Missile Gap?”
The Soviet Union exploded its first A-bomb in 1949.
Now there were two nuclear superpowers!

5. Brinkmanship
Belief that only going to the brink of war would protect the U.S. from going to war with the Soviet Union.
U.S. would threaten mass retaliation with Soviet Union in order to try to get them to back off.

6. Suez Crisis
Egypt’s president Gamal Abdel Nasser tried to construct a dam on the Nile River.
U.S. and Britain offered to pay for project but Nasser began communicating with Soviet Union and Recognized the People’s Republic of China.
Eisenhower administration withdrew its offer.

7. Suez Crisis
In Response, Nasser Nationalized the Suez Canal making it under government control.
Before it was managed by the British and French and protected with British armed forces.
This threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe.

8. Suez Crisis
Britain and France teamed up with Israel to try to get the land back without consulting the U.S.
President Eisenhower did not like this and refused to support them.
As a result of lack of U.S. support, Britain, France, and Israel were forced to withdraw its troops.

9. Eisenhower Doctrine
Stated that the U.S. would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communism.

10. CIA Central Intelligence Agency- 1947
Intelligence gathering organization.
1953 helped install a new government in Iran and in 1954 same thing in Guatemala
Both helped to place anticommunist leaders in power and also created long term resentment toward U.S.

11. Cold War Technology 1948- Microwave 1946- Computer 1948- Hang Glider
1958- Nuclear Energy Plant
1960- Communications Satellite
1070s- Smoke Detector
1980s- Global Positioning System

13. KENNEDY’S LEGACY

14. Kennedy’s Background Wealthy Family that expected public service.
43 years old
Roman Catholic
Charismatic and highly appealing to American Public.

15. Election of 1960 Democratic Nominee-John F Kennedy
Republican Nominee-Richard B Nixon
Economy was in recession
Cold war: Were we winning?

17. Televised Debates Ist ever televised debate 70 million viewers
Kennedy appeared confident and at ease.
Launched a new area of politics: the television age.

19. The Results

21. Inauguration Speech
“And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.”

22. Camelot Years
JFK’s youth, glamour and his talented advisors were compared to the mythical court of Camelot and King Arthur.
His wife, Jacqueline and his young children: Caroline and JFK Jr.
Called for hope, commitment and sacrifice.

24. Civil Rights MLK Jr. arrested at a sit-in and sentenced to hard labor.
Kennedy and his brother, Robert, persuaded judge to release MLK.
Captured the attention of many African Americans and won their vote

25. New Frontier His vision for America
Hard time passing his proposal through Congress because of a conservative coalition.

26. New Frontier Goals Provide medical care for elderly
Rebuild urban areas
Education
Bolster national defense
Increase international aid
Expand space program

27. Building up Defense JFK’s policy of Flexible Response
Build-up of the nation’s conventional forces (non-nuclear forces)
Created an elite branch of the Army
The Special Forces or The Green Berets

28. Peace Corps
Created the Peace Corps in 1961, an organization that trained volunteers to help underdeveloped countries by providing social and humanitarian services.

30. Alliance for Progress Offered economic aid to Latin American countries
$12 Billion dollars
An attempt to contain Communism.

31. Space Race
After successes such as the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, Kennedy pushed the race to put a man on the moon, nicknamed the “Space Race,” by encouraging the growth in the studies of math and sciences in the public education system.

33. Bay of Pigs
April 1961
Kennedy learned of a CIA plan to overthrow Castro by Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs.
Failed due to unanticipated military support of the Soviet Union
A Humiliated Kennedy paid ransom to free exiles.

34. Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
After receiving info that Soviets, under Khrushchev, were building nuclear missile sites on Cuba, JFK imposed a blockade on the ships and demanded a removal of the missiles, leading to a brief, intense standoff that could have resulted in nuclear war.

36. Easing Tensions
Hot line: Direct phone line that linked the White House and the Kremlin.
Limited Test Ban Treaty: barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.

37. Tragedy in Dallas
JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963 on a visit to Texas. His shooting is still a source of disagreement among many, but Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime, and was assassinated himself shortly thereafter.