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17.2 JFK & the Cold War

17.2 JFK & the Cold War. I. Crises of the Cold War. A. Some of the most intense crises of the Cold War happened during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. I. Crises of the Cold War…. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and formed an alliance with the Soviets.

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17.2 JFK & the Cold War

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  1. 17.2 JFK & the Cold War

  2. I. Crises of the Cold War A. Some of the most intense crises of the Cold War happened during John F. Kennedy’s presidency

  3. I. Crises of the Cold War… • In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and formed an alliance with the Soviets

  4. I. Crises of the Cold War… C. In an attempt to start an uprising in Cuba, the U.S. trained Cuban exiles, called La Brigada, to invade the island 1. They landed on the Bay of Pigs (1961) 2. Invasion was a disaster & the uprising never happened

  5. I. Crises of the Cold War… D. Khrushchev met with JFK (June 1961) & demanded that U.S., Britain, & France withdraw from Berlin 1. JFK refused 2. Soviets built the Berlin Wall to block movement between the Soviet sector & the rest of the city •Most people living in E. Berlin (Soviet zone) wanted independence and wanted the Soviets to leave. •As a result, many in East Berlin would cross into West Berlin. •197,000 (1950); 331,000 (1953); 30,000/month (1960) •By 1961, thousands of skilled workers and professionals were fleeing into W. Berlin each month. These were people the East could not afford to lose. •In August 1961, construction began on the Berlin Wall. It remained until 1989. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZVsFjWnbI

  6. Berlin Wall 1961-1989

  7. Fall of the Berlin Wall *On November 9, 1989, the East German government announced that its citizens could visit West Germany & West Berlin. *The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which officially took place on October 3, 1990.

  8. I. Crises of the Cold War… • The closest the U.S. ever got to nuclear war with the Soviets was during the Cuban Missile Crisis 1. U.S. spy planes spotted Soviet missile sites in Cuba (Oct. 1962)

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