HAII 18/19 February

Cold War: The Kennedy Years

Turn

in ch 24 sec 1 assessment questions

Pick up guided notes
Take out presidential comparison chart.

Bellwork

Evaluate

Kennedys Cold War actions and

trials
Compare and Contrast Presidents Cold
War Policies
Review for Cold War Test

Objectives

COLD WAR: The

Kennedy Years

Third

World = developing nations not aligned with

one of the two superpowers (Africa, Latin America,
Middle East)

Peace

Corps volunteer
service on missions of
democracy
Educational, medical,
technical programs
Also a PR campaign for US
culture

Third World + the Peace Corps

Defense

policy

Back

to conventional war = increased

armed forces

flexible

= prepared for any kind of

conflict that may occur

Flexible Response

NASA

Admin

= National Aeronautics and Space

Combines space science and military efforts

Created
Why

after 1957 launch of Sputnik I, II

space?

JFK = race to land on the moon

NASA / Space Race

1959

- Fidel Castro (communist dictator)

Aided by Soviets
Bay

of Pigs Invasion = CIA

mission developed by
Eisenhower to use exiled
Cubans to overthrow Castro
Failed

mission: most killed/captured

Turned

Cuban Americans against Kennedy

Weakened Kennedys reputation

Bay of Pigs (Cuba)

1962

Soviets built nuclear missile

launch sites in Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis

JFK

blames Khrushchev publicly for his

reckless threat to world peace

Naval

blockade of Cuba to prevent the

completion of missile sites

days very close to nuclear war

Negotiated

the removal of missiles from

Cuba for our removal of missiles from Turkey

Cuban Missile Crisis

Hot

line directly between Moscow and

Washington in a movement toward
dtente

1963

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty US,

Britain, Soviets = ends above ground
nuclear testing

Cuban Missile Crisis

Skilled

Berlin

East German workers moving to West

Khrushchev

demands removal of US military

presence in West Berlin Kennedy refuses

Kennedy

increases
military spending

Khrushchev

builds
the Berlin Wall

Berlin Crisis

Movie Quiz!

1. _________ = provided a model for using a

coalition government to take control of a country
that was later used by Hitler to take over
Germany
2. __________= Japanese general that
engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor
3. ____ = US president at Yalta Conference
4. _________________= British Prime Minister
that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation

1. Mussolini = provided a model for using a

coalition government to take control of a country
that was later used by Hitler to take over
Germany
2. __________= Japanese general that
engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor
3. ____ = US president at Yalta Conference
4. _________________= British Prime Minister
that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation

1. Mussolini = provided a model for using a

coalition government to take control of a country
that was later used by Hitler to take over
Germany
2. Hideki Tojo = Japanese general that
engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor
3. ____ = US president at Yalta Conference
4. _________________= British Prime Minister
that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation

1. Mussolini = provided a model for using a

coalition government to take control of a country
that was later used by Hitler to take over
Germany
2. Hideki Tojo = Japanese general that
engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor
3. FDR = US president at Yalta Conference
4. _________________= British Prime Minister
that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation

1. Mussolini = provided a model for using a

coalition government to take control of a country
that was later used by Hitler to take over
Germany
2. Hideki Tojo = Japanese general that
engineered the plan to attack Pearl Harbor
3. FDR = US president at Yalta Conference
4. Neville Chamberlain = British Prime Minister
that signed the Munich Pact for Great Britain

WWII Remediation

5. The British and French appeased Germany after

___________ (Austrian annexation)
6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the
US and Britain to protect _______________
7. The __________ was an appeasement to
Germany, allowing the annexation of the
Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.
8. Nazi troops first attacked ___________ around
them and then advanced outward to
_____________.

WWII Remediation

5. The British and French appeased Germany after

the Anschluss (Austrian annexation)
6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the
US and Britain to protect _______________
7. The __________ was an appeasement to
Germany, allowing the annexation of the
Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.
8. Nazi troops first attacked ___________ around
them and then advanced outward to
_____________.

WWII Remediation

5. The British and French appeased Germany after

the Anschluss (Austrian annexation)
6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the
US and Britain to protect democratic values
7. The __________ was an appeasement to
Germany, allowing the annexation of the
Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.
8. Nazi troops first attacked ___________ around
them and then advanced outward to
_____________.

WWII Remediation

5. The British and French appeased Germany after

the Anschluss (Austrian annexation)
6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the
US and Britain to protect democratic values
7. The Munich Pact was an appeasement to
Germany, allowing the annexation of the
Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.
8. Nazi troops first attacked ___________ around
them and then advanced outward to
_____________.

WWII Remediation

5. The British and French appeased Germany after

the Anschluss (Austrian annexation)
6. The Atlantic Charter was an alliance between the
US and Britain to protect democratic values
7. The Munich Pact was an appeasement to
Germany, allowing the annexation of the
Sudetenland signed by Chamberlain and Hitler.
8. Nazi troops first attacked small countries around
them and then advanced outward to larger
countries.

WWII Remediation

Claim:

The opinion or the statement

youre trying to defend.
What do you think?

Evidence:

facts, events, references that

support your claim
How do you know youre right?

Commentary:

explains how the evidence

supports your claim
How does your evidence prove youre right?

Writing Mini-lesson

Use at least 3 pieces of evidence to answer

one of the following prompts:
Which

Cold War president (Truman,

Eisenhower, or Kennedy) was most
successful in the Cold War?
Ex: President Truman was the most successful
Cold War president because he had the most
success in his Cold War trials.
because he successfully contained communism.

Test: Short Answer Prompts

Use at least 3 pieces of evidence to answer

one of the following prompts:
Which

Cold War policy/strategy was

executed most successfully?
Ex: Containment was executed most
successfully by President Kennedy, because
Massive retaliation most effectively stopped
conflict because

Test: Short Answer Prompts

Use at least 3 pieces of evidence to answer one of

the following:
Which

Cold War president (Truman, Eisenhower,

or Kennedy) was most successful in the Cold
War?

Compare to a president that was less successful and

why.
Which

Cold War policy/strategy was executed

most successfully?

Include a strategy that was less successful and why.

Test: Short Answer Prompts