2. Vocabulary exercise and preparation With your table mates complete #1 on the first page of the packet Use the categories: economic and political On the Brink: From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis

3. economicpolitical capitalism communism dictatorship nationalize quarantine revolution regime corporation exile

5. Problem #1 The Berlin Wall 0n August 20 1961, the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ordered the building of a 9 foot high, 96 mile long wall separating East and West Berlin in response to Kennedy’s refusal to remove American troops from West Berlin. On June 26, 1963 Kennedy traveled to West Berlin and addressed the crowds. The speech came to be known as “Ich bin ein Berliner “

6. Problem #2 Cuba

7. Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba which overthrew the corrupt US backed government of Fulgencio Batista. Castro established a communist system and allied Cuba with the Soviet Union. In the Sierra Maestra Mountains 1957 Entering Havana victorious 1959

8. Read and answer the questions on pages 11,12 and 14 of your packet You have 20 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOZrF9VR5PU

9. According to the video, why did the Russians pull the missiles out of Cuba? What do you think they meant by “delicate, behind-the-scenes negotiations”? Read the documents and answer the questions on the final page of the packet

10. Warning, Warning!!! October 1962 The Soviet Union has placed nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba. US spy planes have detected the missile installations. President Kennedy: What you gonna do ‘bout that?

11. Problem #2 Cuba

12. Nikita Khrushchev John F. Kennedy

13. 13 Days in October 1962 World on the Brink

14. Why did the Russians pull their missiles out of Cuba? According to the documents, what deal did the U.S. strike with the U.S.S.R.? Why was this deal kept secret? Is this deal mentioned in the classroom textbook? Who seems more scared or on the defensive in the documents? What does this event show you about people’s reactions to the Cold War?

15. President John F. Kennedy signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on October 7, 1963. The treaty prohibited several types of nuclear tests.