kennedy and the cold war
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Kennedy and the Cold War. John F. Kennedy. 35th President of the United States Senator from Massachusetts World War II Hero Injured on PT Boat 109. Election of 1960. Kennedy runs against VP Richard Nixon Americans afraid of falling behind USSR Sputnik, Soviet missiles U-2 incident - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Kennedy and the Cold War
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John F. Kennedy
• 35th President of the United States
• Senator from Massachusetts
• World War II Hero Injured on PT Boat 109
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Election of 1960
• Kennedy runs against VP Richard Nixon
• Americans afraid of falling behind USSR Sputnik, Soviet missiles U-2 incident Cuba aligned with USSR
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Kennedy and Nixon
• Eisenhower is popular Nixon hopes it’ll help him
• Kennedy is young, smart, and handsome Promises to “Get America going again”
• Both have very similar positions
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TV Debates
• Kennedy coached by TV executives
• Looks better
• Images become as important as words
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Civil Rights
• MLK is arrested and put in jail
• Eisenhower does nothing Nixon has no public statement
• JFK calls MLK’s wife Robert Kennedy gets MLK released on bail
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Kennedy Wins
• Closest election since 1884 Fewer than 119,000 votes Shenanigans in Chicago
• Picks a young, intelligent advisors “The best and brightest” Brother Robert as Attorney General
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Cold Warrior
• Increased defense spending Troops and ships
• Tripled nuclear capabilities
• Promised to fight in our hemisphere
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Cuba
• Fidel Castro comes to power in 1959 Seized American oil
refineries
• Castro turns to the USSR
• Massive Cuban immigration to US
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Bay of Pigs (April ‘61)
• CIA trains Cubans in America Planned invasion of Cuba
• 1,500 Cubans land at Bay of Pigs No air cover Face 25,000 Cubans
• Disaster for Kennedy and US
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Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct ‘62)
• Soviets sneak nuclear missiles into Cuba
• US blockades Cuba Country is freaked out Russian ships turn back
• Kennedy strikes deal with USSR No invasion of Cuba by US Soviet missiles out of Cuba
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Assassination
• On Nov. 22, 1963, JFK was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime
• Shot on national TV by Jack Ruby
Warren Commission determined that Oswald acted alone
• Conspiracies arise
• Nation mourns as their hope fades away
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Assignment
• Create a Newspaper article about JFK’s presidency
• It can cover his domestic or foreign policies
• Must include…
• Headline
• Picture of event
• Description of event
• How the nation was
effected.