28-1 Kennedy and the Cold War
JFK
Wealthy, influential
family
Handsome, young,
charismatic
Catholic
http://www.adherents.
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Family Tree
JFK defeats Richard Nixon in 1960
Presidential election
Extremely close
election
Role of television
JFK Inaugural
“Ask not, what your country can do for you…
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/kennedy/kennedy-inaugural-address.htm
Inaugural Address
Crisis over Cuba
Fidel Castro leads
communist revolution
in Cuba 1959
Cubans look to help from US to
overthrow Cuba
CIA trains Cuban Exiles
JFK okays plan for rebels to attack at the
Bay of Pigs
Invasion is a military and public relations
disaster
Cuban Missile Crisis
U-2 surveilance photos show nuclear missiles in
Cuba
JFK informs nation, demands removal
Khruschev sends more ships (missiles ?)
to Cuba
JFK plans blockade and possible invasion
of Cuba
Soviet ships turn around before reaching
Cuba
Soviets agree to remove offensive
weapons
US agrees to remove missiles from
Turkey, not to invade Cuba
Nuclear War is avoided
Berlin Crisis
By 1961, 3 million East Germans had fled
to West Berlin
Soviets construct Berlin Wall to prevent
movement of East Germans into West
Berlin
Wall becomes a symbol of communist
oppression until 1990
“Ich bin ein Berliner!!!!!”
Tensions lead to:
Establishment of the “hotline”
Limited Test Ban Treaty