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April 19, 2012U.S. History

Mr. Green

The students will summarize the crises that developed over Cuba by creating a time line of events that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Announcement: Chapter 20 Test April 27-tentatively Drill: Analyze the Life magazine cover on page 673

and answer the following:1. Do you think the Bay of Pigs invasion was a

success or a failure? What words on the magazine cover helped you draw that conclusion?

2. Whom do the writers seem to credit or blame for the outcome of the invasion?

Motivation: What would happen in a nuclear war? Can anyone win such a war? Which countries pose the greatest threat of nuclear war?

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered

Republicans nominate Richard M. NixonDemocrats nominate John F. Kennedy303 to 219 for JFK in the Electoral CollegePopular Vote34,266,731 for JFK34,108,157 for Nixon501,643 for Harry F. Byrd-Independent

Byrd won 15 Electoral Votes1st Roman Catholic elected, youngest electedT.V. played a role in the debatesJFK believed Russia gained on the U.S. New Frontier-”get the country moving again”

1960 Presidential Election

Bay of Pigs-April 17, 19611200 Cuban exiles landed at Bay of Pigs to topple Castroinherited from the Eisenhower administration

Berlin Wall-August 1961constructed after JFK met with Khrushchev at Vienna to discuss East Germany East German population fled to West Germany through BerlinEuropean Economic Community-EEC

free trade area that turned into the EUGlobalization created in 1967 to liberalize trade

policies

Kennedy and the Cold War Chapter 20 Section 1 pages 670-676

Cuban Missile Crisis-October 1962U.S.S.R. began secretly installing nuclear-tipped missiles in CubaJFK refused bombing strikesOctober 22, 1962-naval quarantine of Cuba

an attack from Cuba would be an attack from Russia with a nuclear response

U.S. agreed to not invade CubaU.S. removed missiles from TurkeyU.S.S.R. pulled missiles from CubaOutcomes:

Khrushchev out Soviets began massive military buildupDemocrats did better in the 1962 mid-termsProhibiting trial nuclear explosions in the atmosphere signed in late 1963installment of a Moscow-Washington hotline in August 1963

1. Why do you think Kennedy authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion?

2. What were the consequences of the failed invasion for the U.S.?

3. What were the results of the Cuban missile crisis?

4. Using the map on page 674, about how long would it take for a missile launched from Cuba to reach New York?

5. What led East Germany to build the Berlin Wall? What were the effects of the wall?

Independent Work

Summarize the events that led to the Cuban Missile crisis by creating a time line of the major events

Begin Work on the Drill Words. I will post them on the website.

Wrap-Up

1. Read Chapter 19 Section 2

Homework