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HAII 18/19 February

HAII 18/19 FebruaryCold War: The Kennedy YearsBellworkTurn in ch 24 sec 1 assessment questionsPick up guided notes Take out presidential comparison chart.ObjectivesEvaluate Kennedys Cold War actions and trialsCompare and Contrast Presidents Cold War PoliciesReview for Cold War Test

COLD WAR: The Kennedy YearsThird World + the Peace CorpsThird World = developing nations not aligned with one of the two superpowers (Africa, Latin America, Middle East)

Peace Corps volunteer service on missions of democracy

Educational, medical, technical programs

Also a PR campaign for USculture

Flexible ResponseDefense policy

Back to conventional war = increased armed forces

flexible = prepared for any kind of conflict that may occur

NASA / Space RaceNASA = National Aeronautics and Space AdminCombines space science and military efforts

Created after 1957 launch of Sputnik I, II

Why space?

JFK = race to land on the moonBay of Pigs (Cuba)1959 - Fidel Castro (communist dictator)Aided by Soviets

Bay of Pigs Invasion = CIA mission developed by Eisenhower to use exiled Cubans to overthrow Castro

Failed mission: most killed/captured

Turned Cuban Americans against KennedyWeakened Kennedys reputation

Cuban Missile Crisis1962 Soviets built nuclear missile launch sites in Cuba

Cuban Missile CrisisJFK blames Khrushchev publicly for his reckless threat to world peace

Naval blockade of Cuba to prevent the completion of missile sites

6 days very close to nuclear war

Negotiated the removal of missiles from Cuba for our removal of missiles from Turkey

Cuban Missile CrisisHot line directly between Moscow and Washington in a movement toward dtente

1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty US, Britain, Soviets = ends above ground nuclear testingBerlin CrisisKennedy increases military spending

Khrushchev builds the Berlin Wall

Skilled East German workers moving to West Berlin

Khrushchev demands removal of US military presence in West Berlin Kennedy refusesMovie Quiz!WWII Remediation1. _________ = provided a model for using a coalition government to take control of a country that was later used by Hitler to take over Germany

2. __________= Japanese general that engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor

3. ____ = US president at Yalta Conference

4. _________________= British Prime Minister that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation1. Mussolini = provided a model for using a coalition government to take control of a country that was later used by Hitler to take over Germany

2. __________= Japanese general that engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor




2. Hideki Tojo = Japanese general that engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor





3. FDR = US president at Yalta Conference




3. FDR = US president at Yalta Conference

4. Neville Chamberlain = British Prime Minister that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation5. The British and French appeased Germany after ___________ (Austrian annexation)

6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the US and Britain to protect _______________

7. The __________ was an appeasement to Germany, allowing the annexation of the Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.

8. Nazi troops first attacked ___________ around them and then advanced outward to _____________.WWII Remediation5. The British and French appeased Germany after the Anschluss (Austrian annexation)

6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the US and Britain to protect _______________



6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the US and Britain to protect democratic values




7. The Munich Pact was an appeasement to Germany, allowing the annexation of the Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.



7. The Munich Pact was an appeasement to Germany, allowing the annexation of the Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.

8. Nazi troops first attacked small countries around them and then advanced outward to larger countries.Writing Mini-lessonClaim: The opinion or the statement youre trying to defend. What do you think?

Evidence: facts, events, references that support your claimHow do you know youre right?

Commentary: explains how the evidence supports your claimHow does your evidence prove youre right?Test: Short Answer PromptsUse at least 3 pieces of evidence to answer one of the following prompts:

Which Cold War president (Truman, Eisenhower, or Kennedy) was most successful in the Cold War?

Ex: President Truman was the most successful Cold War president because he had the most success in his Cold War trials.

because he successfully contained communism.

Test: Short Answer PromptsUse at least 3 pieces of evidence to answer one of the following prompts:

Which Cold War policy/strategy was executed most successfully?

Ex: Containment was executed most successfully by President Kennedy, because

Massive retaliation most effectively stopped conflict becauseTest: Short Answer PromptsUse at least 3 pieces of evidence to answer one of the following:

Which Cold War president (Truman, Eisenhower, or Kennedy) was most successful in the Cold War?

Compare to a president that was less successful and why.

Which Cold War policy/strategy was executed most successfully?

Include a strategy that was less successful and why.

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