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The Kennedy and Johnson Years(1960-1968)
Unit Eight (Ch. 15)
Kennedy and Johnson(1960-1968)
Ch. 15-1: Kennedy and the Cold War
What you know
You have learned
That the Cold War began at the end of World War II.
Berlin Airlift Communist China Korean War Nuclear Arms Race Sputnik
Truman Doctrine – …will help…
Eisenhower & Massive Retaliation
MAD
What you will know
Now you will learn
How President John Kennedy responded to Soviet aggression during the Cold War.
Initial meeting with Khrushchev
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Build Background Knowledge
What are the benefits of being young?
What are the benefits of being old?
Kennedy Defeats Nixon in 1960
YouTube - Kennedy-Nixon Debate
Flexible Response
Nuclear Forces Airplanes & bombs Submarines & missiles Intercontinental Missiles
Conventional Forces Troops Airplanes Tanks
Kennedy Launches New Cold War Strategies
YouTube - Flexible Response
The Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress
Peace Corps (successful)
Spread American good-will to help prevent the spread of communism Clean water Agriculture Education Health Care “Democracy and Capitalism”
Alliance for Progress (not successful) Central American countries resentful of our
interference (anti-communist) …promoted economic assistance…
$ to help prevent the spread of communism
Kennedy Launches New Cold War Strategies
YouTube - Peace Corps
YouTube - Alliance for Progress
Confronting Communism
in Cuba