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28:1 Kennedy and the Cold War Bell Ringer pg. 881

28:1 Kennedy and the Cold War Bell Ringer pg. 881. 1960 Presidential Election. Issues: Economy and Cold War Democrat-JFK Republican-Nixon. Advantages and Disadvantages. Kennedy $$$ 43 Catholic charismatic Nixon Experience Foreign policy. 1 st TV Presidential Debate.

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28:1 Kennedy and the Cold War Bell Ringer pg. 881

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  1. 28:1 Kennedy and the Cold WarBell Ringer pg. 881

  2. 1960 Presidential Election • Issues: Economy and Cold War • Democrat-JFK • Republican-Nixon

  3. Advantages and Disadvantages • Kennedy • $$$ • 43 • Catholic • charismatic • Nixon • Experience • Foreign policy

  4. 1st TV Presidential Debate • Ushered in new era of politics, The TV Age • Image guides voter decisions

  5. JFK and Civil Rights • MLK in jail • Ike/Nixon do nothing • Kennedy brothers get him sprung • Secured Black vote

  6. Kennedy’s Inauguration • “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”

  7. Camelot • JFK’s years in the White House • Public fascination • Influences on American culture

  8. Kennedy’s Foreign Policy • Flexible Response • Conventional military • Green Berets • Kept up nuke race

  9. Cuba • Fidel Castro alliance with USSR • Castro nationalized American companies • Cuban exiles unite in Miami

  10. Bay of Pigs Invasion • CIA trained Cuban exiles for invasion to start uprising in Cuba • Airstrikes and diversion team failed: 1500 v. 25,000 • Cuban POWs

  11. Implications for failed invasion • Failure to oust Castro • Loss of world prestige • Embarrassment Kennedy administration • Ransom for POWs

  12. Cuban Missile Crisis • Nikita Khrushchev • Weapons/nukes to protect Cuba • Pg. 881

  13. Missile Gap • We had better missiles • 15 in Turkey that could hit cities like Moscow in 16 minutes

  14. Soviet Missile Sites in Cuba • Kennedy “any missile attack from Cuba would trigger an all out attack on the Soviet Union”

  15. U.S. Quarantine of Cuba • 13 Days in October • Compromise

  16. Berlin Wall • East Germans flee to West Berlin • Why? • Effects on East Germany • Ended flow of refugees into West Berlin • Aggravated Cold War tensions

  17. Diplomacy • Hotline between White House/Kremlin • Limited Test Ban Treaty

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