1. HEMET HIGH SCHOOL U.S. HISTORY MR. WILLIAMS The Kennedy and Johnson Years (1960-1968) Unit Eight (Ch. 15)

6. Ch. 15-1: Kennedy and the Cold War What you know  You have learned  That the Cold War began at the end of World War II.  Berlin Airlift  Communist China  Korean War  Nuclear Arms Race  Sputnik  Truman Doctrine – … will help…  Eisenhower & Massive Retaliation  MAD What you will know  Now you will learn  How President John Kennedy responded to Soviet aggression during the Cold War. Initial meeting with Khrushchev Peace Corps Alliance for Progress Bay of Pigs Invasion Berlin Wall Cuban Missile Crisis

7. Build Background Knowledge What are the benefits of being young? What are the benefits of being old?

9. Kennedy Defeats Nixon in 1960 YouTube - Kennedy-Nixon Debate

11. Flexible Response Nuclear Forces  Airplanes & bombs  Submarines & missiles  Intercontinental Missiles Conventional Forces  Troops  Airplanes  Tanks Kennedy Launches New Cold War Strategies YouTube - Flexible Response

13. The Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress Peace Corps (successful)  Spread American good-will to help prevent the spread of communism  Clean water  Agriculture  Education  Health Care  “Democracy and Capitalism” Alliance for Progress (not successful)  Central American countries resentful of our interference (anti-communist)  …promoted economic assistance…  $ to help prevent the spread of communism Kennedy Launches New Cold War Strategies YouTube - Peace Corps YouTube - Alliance for Progress

14. Confronting Communism in Cuba