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Chapter 20: The New Frontier & Great Society

Chapter 20: The New Frontier & Great Society. Section 1: Kennedy and the Cold War. Pages 670-678. JOHN F. KENNEDY. 35 th President of the United States 1961-1963 Great debator Democrat Television and civil rights helped Kennedy win Senator from Massachusetts. CAMELOT YEARS. Page 672.

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Chapter 20: The New Frontier & Great Society

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  1. Chapter 20: The New Frontier & Great Society Section 1: Kennedy and the Cold War Pages 670-678

  2. JOHN F. KENNEDY • 35th President of the United States • 1961-1963 • Great debator • Democrat • Television and civil rights helped Kennedy win • Senator from Massachusetts

  3. CAMELOT YEARS Page 672

  4. CAMELOT YEARS • JFK becomes extremely popular • Helps Civil Rights (Marian Anderson – Opera Singer) • JFK had charm and wit

  5. KENNEDY'S ADVISERS • “best and the brightest” • Brother – Robert Kennedy is Attorney General

  6. A NEW MILITARY POLICY • NONNuclear Strategy • JFK modernizes our military’s ability to fight a nonnuclear war • JFK increases defense spending (troops, ships, artillery) • CreatesGreen Berets

  7. CRISIS OVER CUBA Pages 673-677

  8. FIDEL CASTRO • Revolutionary leader of Cuba • Communist and received aid from the Soviets

  9. BAY OF PIGS • March 1960 • CIA – train Cuban exiles for invasion of Cuba • Disaster for Kennedy and America

  10. CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS • Nikita Krushchev (USSR) • Give weapons to Cuba (nuclear weapons) • Missiles ready to launch • SIX DAYS • USSR remove Missiles • USA remove missiles from Turkey

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