1. Cuban Missile Crisis

2. Cuba turns communist
In 1962 Khrushchev puts a nuclear launch pad in Cuba
President Kennedy demands the Soviets remove the weapons – even at risk of nuclear war
Americans have Medium range weapons in Turkey

5. Slide 1
Why did the photograph cause such concern in the Kennedy Administration? Why was the U.S. Concerned about the placement of the missiles

6. American’s respond
President Kennedy formed an emergency Executive Committee – Headed by Robert Kennedy
Kennedy goals 1. Get missiles out of Cuba 2. Avoid a nuclear war 3. Save face

7. Slide 2
You are a member of the executive committee advising Kennedy. You have been asked to give the President your assessment of five possible U.S. responses to the Soviet construction of missile sites in Cuba. How would you prioritize these possible Reponses ? What are the positive and negative aspects of each?

9. Responses 1. Engage in further negotiations with Khrushchev
2. Invade Cuba
3.Blockade Cuba
4. Bomb the Missile sites

10. The Naval Blockade President Kennedy chooses the Naval blockade
Soviets said that they were not going to observe the blockade

13. What do you think if a Soviet ship carrying war materials refused to recognize the blockade?
As a member of the executive committee, what is you recommendation now to the President?

14. Crisis Resolved
Khrushchev sent a letter to JFK proposing that the Soviet Union would with drawl its missiles from Cuba if the U.S. withdrew the blockade, promised never to invade Cuba again, and withdrew American missiles from Turkey

16. What do you think is the cartoonist’s intended message
What do you think is the cartoonist’s intended message? How does the political cartoon relate to the Cuban missile crisis

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How did the meeting between Khrushchev and Kennedy go? What was the fear Kennedy had?
What did Kennedy do as a result of the meeting?
What did Kennedy tell the American people on T.V.?
What was the result? How did this become a symbol of the Cold War?