1. Kennedy and the cold war
Ms. Ha
Chapter 20 -Section 1

2. I. Election of 1960
Nixon
JF. Kennedy

3. A. Two candidates
1. Richard Nixon
a. VP to President
Eisenhower
b. Republican

4. B. John F. Kennedy
1. From Massachusetts
a. Senator
b. Democrat

5. C. Television
Debate
1. Kennedy
a. Better spoken
b. Better looking
c. Sept. 26, 1960

6. TV Debate:70 million viewers

7. II. Current problems
A. Several
1. Economic Recession
2. USSR: launch Sputnik
(1957)
3. U2 incident
4. Cuba and Soviet
Union too friendly

8. B. Rev. Martin Luther
King, Jr. arrested
1. J.F.K. reached out
2. Called:Coretta S. King
3. Gained black voters
4. Helped secure the
Presidency

9. PHOTOS
Rev. King
Wife:Coretta

10. III. The Camelot years: mythical court of King Arthur
A. Kennedy elected
President
1. Wife Jackie
2. Two children
a. Caroline
b. John

11. B. Public fascination

12. Jackie kennedy

13. C. Famous speech
“ask not what your
country can do for
you-ask what you
can do for your
country”

14. IV. New military policy A. Flexible Response 1. Fight nonnuclear war
2. Build up military

15. B. Crisis over Cuba
1. New dictator
a. Fidel Castro
b. Too
friendly
with
USSR

16. Castro & Khrushchev
Cuba: Castro
USSR: Khrushchev

17. C. ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN CUBA
1. Land: US 75% owned
a. Castro: took control
b. Result: trade barriers
c. Cuba: relies on USSR
d. Cubans: repressed

18. D. Bay of pigs: April 17, 1961
1. U.S. CIA
a. Train Cuban exiles
b. U.S. Military support
c. Landed in Cuba
d. Attempt to
overthrow
Castro: failure!

19. V. Cuban Missile Crisis
A. Cuba/USSR v. U.S.
1. Almost WWIII
2. USSR arming Cuba
with missiles
3. Photo proof: U.S. city
were targets

20. Cuban missile sites

21. B. Image damage
1. Kennedy: “losing”
Cuba to Castro
2. Khrushchev: weak
backing down

22. VI. Berlin Wall
A. Soviets wanted U.S.
out of West Berlin
1. East=Communist
2. West=Free
3. U.S. wouldn’t leave

23. 4. Khrushchev had a
wall built
5. Date: August 13, 1961
6. Wall ended Berlin
Crisis
7. Increased Cold War
tension

24. B. Ease Tension
1.“Hot Line”:U.S. &Kremlin
2. Communicate at once
3. Both countries agreed to
a Limited Test Ban Treaty
& barred nuclear testing
in the atmosphere