Kennedy's Era: Cuban Missile Crisis & New Frontier Initiatives

1. Chapter 20 – The New Frontier and the Great Society

2. What can this picture tell us about this man? • Make a detailed judgement about him based on this photo alone. • Free write!

3. Based upon this Wordle what do you think we will be studying?

4. Kennedy Wins • Senator John F. Kennedy from Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon ran for President in 1960. The two took part in the first televised Presidential debate, over 70 million Americans at home watched. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smcP6Vp21As • John F. Kennedy won the race and became the 35th President in 1961.

5. President Kennedy focused on the Cold War and came up with a new policy called Flexible Response • This policy meant the United States would increase its defense spending to boost nonnuclear forces • Tripled our nuclear forces. • This meant the United States would be ready to fight anywhere in the world

6. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cuba/@23.9231714,-83.8180577,6z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88cd49070f7a4cb5:0x798cf7529110a41ahttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Cuba/@23.9231714,-83.8180577,6z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88cd49070f7a4cb5:0x798cf7529110a41a

7. Cuba • Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba. • Castro came to power by promising democracy to the people. • Once in power Castro seized 3 oil refineries. America cut off relations with Cuba. • The Soviet Union helped Cuba, where Castro was now considered a dictator.

8. The Bay of Pigs • The US trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, which they did on April 17, 1961. The event did not go well, they were met by 25,000 Cuban troops and most were killed or imprisoned. • Kennedy paid a ransom to get them released and promised to help them return to a free Havana.

9. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion/videos/bay-of-pigs-cias-perfect-failurehttp://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion/videos/bay-of-pigs-cias-perfect-failure

11. Cuban Missile Crisis • The Soviets helped the Cubans and promised to defend them. • They brought many missiles to Cuba during the summer of 1962. • American spy planes photographed them aimed at the US. They could hit a US city in minutes. •  For days there was a standoff with the possibility of nuclear war. •  Finally, to avoid a confrontation Soviet ships on their way to Cuba stopped. • The US agreed to not invade Cuba if the Soviet Union removed the missiles.

12. The Cuban Missile Crisis • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUewcOEjJas • What did both countries agree to do to end this standoff? • Vocab: Blockade?

15. Investigation Time… • Quote” The US agreed to not invade Cuba if the Soviet Union removed the missiles.” • There was a secret agreement between the U.S. and Soviet’s not mentioned in your textbook…Lets find out what it’s really about..

16. Investigation Question… • Why did the Russian’s really pull their missiles out of Cuba?

17. Reading… • Circle any words you think are important • Underline any confusing words or phrases • Group members help each other understand what is going on and begin answering questions…TRY!! JUST TRY!!

18. Debrief • Why was this deal kept secret?• Is this deal mentioned in the classroom textbook?• Why might the textbook not have mentioned this deal?• Who seems more scared or on the defensive in this documents?• What does this event show you about how people felt during the Cold War?

19. Do Now • Write in your notebook… • Describe the 2 most important things you learned this week in class (this means more than 1 word and saying “why”)

21. Berlin • Many had left East Berlin because of the Communist rule. •  On August 13, 1961, the leader of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev had his troops build a wall along the border and east and west Berlin. • This was eventually built up with concrete and barbed wire, those who tried to cross could be shot and killed.

22. I SEE I THINK I WONDER…

25. Berlin Wall Video • We probably won’t finish the whole thing but I would like you to write 1 sentence summary describing how people felt living under the Berlin Wall. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IeNlI6mEJI&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3IeNlI6mEJI&has_verified=1

30. Follow Up • How did the Cuban Missile Crisis affect our country? Explain in one paragraph • Describe at least 3 things that Kennedy did in office to address foreign policy and explain if they were successful or not and why. • Explain one political, one economic and one social impact of Kennedy and his foreign policy practices on the United States. Make sure to label each.

31. The New Frontier • New Frontier: Kennedy’s domestic (home) plan for American progress. • Provide healthcare for elderly • Increase education funding • Rebuilt inner cities • Increase spending overall on projects

33. The New Frontier • President Kennedy tried to encourage Americans to support the exploration of space and new forms of technology. • The Peace Corps– President Kennedy created the Peace Corps, which was a volunteer program to assist in Latin America, Asia and Africa. The Peace Corps was a huge success and people of all backgrounds signed up, by 1968 over 35,000 volunteers were around the world.

34. Race to the Moon • The United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a race to see who could get to the moon first. • The Soviets achieved the first man in space, but the United States produced the first man on the moon • Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ciLkJp96AI

35. Tragedy in Dallas • On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was in an open air limo traveling through crowds when a series of rifle shots hit and killed him. • Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the murder, his palm print was on the rifle used to kill Kennedy. Oswald was killed the next day while being transferred. •  The Warren Commission was set up to investigate the murder and found only Oswald was involved in the shootings. • To this day many Americans wonder if there was a conspiracy to kill him by another group.

36. Abraham Zapruder was at the site and happened to be filming Kennedy’s car as it approached. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU83R7rpXQY

38. Do Now • Do you think the government should take a strong role in helping people out of poverty, helping them get education, and generally making their lives better?

40. Study Guide • Kennedy and his personal strengths • Warren Court Cases • Great Society Programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Immigration Act) • Cuban Missile Crisis • Berlin Wall • Flexible Response • Assassination of Kennedy (Warren Commission results)

41. The Great Society • Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) was a hardworking politician from Texas •  As President Johnson pushed for and achieved the passage of two bills Kennedy had proposed, a tax cut and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prevented discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and sex.

42. Johnson’s Great Society was a legislative program that would end poverty and racial injustice, and create a higher standard of living and equal opportunity. •  LBJ signed into law the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which provided more than $1 billion in aid to schools. This was the first education aid bill in history.

43. LBJ’s Programs • Medicare – hospital and low cost medical insurance to Americans 65 or older. • Medicaid – Health insurance to those on welfare/poor in general • Low cost public housing • Immigration Act of 1965 – This helped to let in many non European immigrants, by ending quotas (restrictions) based on nationality

44. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1kdJOWo5k

45. The Warren Court • School prayer was banned in schools • Communities were limited in their censoring of books and films • The Rights of the Accused were expanded, which including in the Miranda v. Arizona case that all suspects must be informed of their rights by the police. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAiWv7MiwJA