28-1: Kennedy and the Cold War
1.
What were some of the factors that
helped Kennedy win the presidency?
• Voters were restless and looking for a new
direction
• Kennedy appeared poised during the TV debate
• He good looks, wealth, charm and charisma
made him popular
• Kennedy was frank about the religious issue =
being Catholic
• Kennedy came to the aid of Martin Luther King
after he was arrested
• He had a well organized campaign
1960 Presidential Election
Winner
John F. Kennedy
(Democrat)
Loser
Richard Nixon
(Republican)
2. What were the results of the
Bay of Pigs Invasion?
• The CIA- backed
invaders were killed or
jailed
• Kennedy was
embarrassed
• It was a public relations
triumph for Castro
• The U.S. pays ransom
for the release of the
invaders
Bay of Pigs Invasion: An
unsuccessful U.S./CIA invasion of
Cuba in an attempt to oust Fidel
Castro from power. He had
formed ties with the Soviet Union.
3: How was the
Berlin Crisis
resolved?
• Khrushev has the
Berlin wall built to
stop the flow of East
Berliners (those
people living in the
Communist controlled
zone) from seeking
refuge in West Berlin
= noncommunist zone
Cuban Missile Crisis: Short Video
4. What were the effects of the Cuban
Missile Crisis?
• Khrushchev's prestige is damaged; Kennedy is
criticized
• Cuban exiles in U.S. switch allegiance from the
Democratic party to the Republican party
• Castro banned flight from Cuba to Miami
• Soviets remove missiles and U.S. later removes
missiles in Turkey
5. Why was the hot line
installed?
• To allow the
U.S. and Soviet
leaders to
communicate at
once should
another crisis
arise a direct
phone line
between the
White House
and the Kremlin
was installed.
6. What would the Limited Test
Ban Treaty eventually do ?
• Ban the
explosion of
nuclear
devices in
the
atmosphere
Flexible Response
• Kennedy’s
policy of
using
nonnuclear
weapons
to fight a
war
Flexible response represented a
capability to fight across all spectrums of
warfare, not just with nuclear warfare,
such as this Titan II missile