1. JFK and the Cold War

3. 1952

5. 1960 Election John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Televised Debates
Democratic Senator MA
Richard M. Nixon
Vice President
Televised Debates
First ever
Listeners thought Nixon won; Viewers thought Kennedy won

6. Issues Americans had doubts about Kennedy Inexperience Roman Catholic
Had the image
Civil Rights
MLK arrested for sit-in
Eisenhower and Nixon were silent
JFK called his wife and RFK got him out of jail

8. President Kennedy Camelot Gave his brother the job of Attorney General
Grace, elegance, wit
Contrast of what had come before Fs
Gave his brother the job of Attorney General
Flexible Response
Broaden options beyond nuclear weapons

9. Cuban Dillema Fidel Castro was leader who relied on Soviet aid
Bay of Pigs
CIA training Cuban exiles for invasion to overthrow Castro
Disastrous

10. Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 photography revealed Soviet missile bases in Cuba
6 days in October 1962
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Assembled troops in Florida
Intercepted Soviet ships
Khrushchev offers to remove missiles to prevent American invasion

11. Berlin Wall Thousands of East Germans fleeing to West Berlin
Soviets build the Berlin Wall 1961
1963 Berlin Speech
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Easing tensions
Hot Line
Direct phone line between White House and Kremlin
Limited Test Ban Treaty

12. Coincidence?