Kennedy and The Cold War

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Kennedy and The Cold War

• Chapter 20 Section 1

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The Election of 1960

• John F. Kennedy v Richard Nixon
• Good looking v Experienced?
• Televised debate affects votes
• September 26, 1960

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The Election of 1960

• Kennedy and Civil Rights
• Martin Luther King, Jr arrested
• Ike refused to intervene
• Nixon had no public opinion

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The Camelot Years

• The Kennedy Mystique
• Public was fascinated
• The Best and the Brightest
• Team of advisors
• included his brother, Robert F, Kennedy as
  Attorney General

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A New Military Policy

• Defining a military strategy
• Flexible Response - moved away from reliance on
  nuclear weapons
• increased defense spending to boost conventional
  forces

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Crises over Cuba

• The Cuban Dilemma
• Fidel Castro came to power 1959
• welcomed aid from the Soviet Union
• Ike cut off diplomatic ties

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Crises Over Cuba

• The Bay of Pigs 1961
• CIA trained army of revolutionaries
• Cubans backed by Soviets
• Kennedy looked foolish

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Crises Over Cuba

• The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
• Soviets began sending missiles to Cuba
• Kennedy responded with warning
• Began navy blockade
• Soviets backed off

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Crises Over Cuba

• Kennedy and Khrushchev Take the Heat
• Soviet prestige went down
• JFK prestige went up
• Some thought he lost Cuba

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Crisis Over Berlin

• The Berlin Crisis
• Huge flow of people from East to West Berlin
• Berlin Wall constructed 1961

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Crisis over Berlin

• Searching for ways to ease tensions
• hot line established
• Limited Test Ban Treaty