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 starter activity. Name these events and explain how they increased Cold War tension.  starter activity. U2 spy plane, 1960. Hydrogen bomb, 1952. Polaris, 1960. Oppenheimer, 1945. Gagarin, 1961. Sputnik, 1957. Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?.  Aims.

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  1. starter activity Name these events and explain how they increased Cold War tension

  2. starter activity U2 spy plane, 1960 Hydrogen bomb, 1952 Polaris, 1960 Oppenheimer, 1945 Gagarin, 1961 Sputnik, 1957

  3. Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?  Aims To identify the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis To assess Kennedy’s options

  4.  Your task • Read p.105-107 and make a list of the reasons why tensions increased over Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Captured soldiers after Bay of Pigs, 1961

  5. Growing tensions • Revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro & Che Guevara threatened US influence over the island • Nationalism – Castro wanted to assert the sovereignty of Cuba • Business – US businesses were seized • Communism – Castro converted to Communism in 1961 Che Guevara & Fidel Castro

  6. Growing tensions • Political embarrassments - Bay of Pigs Incident (1961) • USSR involvement – trading partner & weapons supplier to Cuba, U2 spy planes spotted missile bases on island

  7. How were the US threatened by Cuba?

  8. Threats • Monroe Doctrine (1823) – Latin America was part of US sphere of influence and outside European intervention • Russian missiles of Cuba were within reach of US mainland & nearly all major cities, including Washington & New York

  9. Vienna Summit Berlin Wall Bay of Pigs All the above events happened in 1961. How might they have shaped Kennedy’s reaction to the CMC?

  10. Read p. 107-8 and note the reasons why Khrushchev may have wanted to get involved in Cuba

  11. Khrushchev’s motive • Expand Communism worldwide • Cuba could be a useful trading partner • Test Kennedy –new president fresh from Vienna Summit, Berlin and Bay of Pigs • To gain upper hand in the arms race – close missile gap, reduce likelihood of a US ‘1st strike’ • To trap USA – draw Kennedy into a nuclear war (didn’t hide weapons)

  12. Read source E – why do you think McNamara (Defence Secretary) thought Cuba was primarily a domestic problem?

  13.  Role play task • Work in groups. You are advisers to the President. You have to reduce the five options to just two for the President to choose between. When you have made your decision explain why you have rejected the three you have.

  14.  Homework • Read about the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in Phillips, p.106-110 and create a timeline of the events in your notes.

  15.  Extension • Watch ‘13 Days’ (or read Robert Kennedy’s book of the same title) and assess how accurate the treatment of events is. • Read Gaddis, p.75-8 and Isaacs, p.204-230 and supplement your notes.

  16.  Plenary Explain why each of the men above were to blame for the Cuban Missile Crisis. Who was most to blame?

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