1. Vocabulary/Identification
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
hot line
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Berlin Wall
flexible response

2. Kennedy and the Cold War
Chapter 20 – 1
Kennedy and the Cold War

3. Chapter 20 – 1 Objectives
Identify the factors that helped Kennedy win the 1960 Presidential election.
Describe the new military policy of the Kennedy Administration.
Describe the crisis that developed over Cuba.
Explain how the Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Cold War.

4. Factors That Helped Kennedy Win
Voter restlessness
Economic Recession
Kennedy’s poise during Nixon Debates
Frankness about religious issues
Coming to the aid of MLK
Good looks and charisma
Well – organized campaign
Kennedy family wealth

5. Kennedy – Nixon Debate

6. Bay of Pigs Fiasco Invaders killed or jailed Kennedy embarrassed
Public relations win for Castro
U.S. paid ransom for invaders who were jailed
Public outrage

7. Berlin Crisis – Part II 11 years since the Berlin Airlift
3 million East Germans fled to the West
Refugees advertized the failures of East German Communist government

8. Building the Berlin Wall

9. Berlin Crisis – Part II Berlin wall built
Flow of German refugees reduced.
Fleeing East Germans shot as they attempt to go west.

10. Cuban Missile Crisis Castro had a powerful ally in the Soviet Union
Summer 1962, Soviet missiles sent to Cuba
October 14, photos taken of missile silos
October 22, Kennedy tells U.S. citizens
Kennedy warns that if missiles are launch, an all out nuclear war would result.
For 6 days the world stood on edge.
Russians blink, head back to USSR.

11. Cuban Missile Crisis

12. Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban exiles switch allegiances from Democratic party to the Republicans
Castro banned all flights between Cuba and the U.S.

13. President Kennedy Addresses the Nation on the Crisis

14. Hot Line – U.S. and USSR Talk
Dedicated phone line to allow the Kremlin and White House to communicate at once should another crisis arise.

15. Comedy Spoof on US – Soviet Relations

16. Limited Test Ban Treaty
After the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Wall issue, Washington and Moscow agree to ban nuclear testing in the earth’s atmosphere.
A new era of cooperation had begun.

17. Homework
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