Transcript Kennedy and The Cold War

Kennedy and The Cold
War
Chapter 20 Section 1
The Election of 1960
• John F. Kennedy v Richard Nixon
• Good looking v Experienced?
• Televised debate affects votes
• September 26, 1960
The Election of 1960
• Kennedy and Civil Rights
• Martin Luther King, Jr arrested
• Ike refused to intervene
• Nixon had no public opinion
The Camelot Years
• The Kennedy Mystique
• Public was fascinated
• The Best and the Brightest
• Team of advisors
• included his brother, Robert F,
Kennedy as Attorney General
A New Military Policy
• Defining a military strategy
• Flexible Response - moved away from
reliance on nuclear weapons
• increased defense spending to boost
conventional forces
Crises over Cuba
• The Cuban Dilemma
• Fidel Castro came to power 1959
• welcomed aid from the Soviet Union
• Ike cut off diplomatic ties
Crises Over Cuba
• The Bay of Pigs 1961
• CIA trained army of revolutionaries
• Cubans backed by Soviets
• Kennedy looked foolish
Crises Over Cuba
• The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
• Soviets began sending missiles to
Cuba
• Kennedy responded with warning
• Began navy blockade
• Soviets backed off
Crises Over Cuba
• Kennedy and Khrushchev Take the Heat
• Soviet prestige went down
• JFK prestige went up
• Some thought he lost Cuba
Crisis Over Berlin
• The Berlin Crisis
• Huge flow of people from East to West
Berlin
• Berlin Wall constructed 1961
Crisis over Berlin
• Searching for ways to ease tensions
• hot line established
• Limited Test Ban Treaty