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JFK

•Member of the Democratic party

•The 35th president of the united states

•1961-1963

•Defeated Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election

•Only practicing Roman Catholic to be president

•Second youngest president

•The youngest elected to the office

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1960

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1960 ELECTION NOTES

Global Leader know by his first name... Former Democrat Senator from Massachusetts

Presidential Terms known as Camelot

Presidency known for 3 crises. Bay of Pigs Invasion Berlin Wall Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis

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“Camelot”

"There'll be great Presidents again," she added, "but there'll never be another Camelot again … it will never be that way again."

Elliott ErwittJackie Kennedy, Arlington, Virginia, 1963.© Elliott Erwitt/MAGNUM PHOTOS

Leadership Challenges JFK Faced

• The Bay of Pigs invasion• The Cuban Missile crisis• The building of the Berlin Wall

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BAY OF PIGS – APRIL 1961 The Bay of Pigs is a small, southern inlet on the island of

Cuba. (Bay of Triggerfish) It was a failed invasion in attempt to overthrow the Cuban

dictator Fidel Castro. Eisenhower’s Idea Headed by the CIA (approved by JFK) Main force was Cuban exiles trained by the CIA.

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Immediate Outcome:Totally unsuccessful.115 Killed/1,189 CapturedEmbarrassment for the U.S.

BAY OF PIGS – APRIL 1961

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BAY OF PIGS

Long Term Effects: More Soviet weapons for Cuba. Increased hostility between the 2 nations. Helped pave the way for the Cuban Missile

Crisis.

U.S. “looked like fools to our friends, rascals to our enemies, and incompetents to the rest.”

- Cyrus Sulzberger, New York Times

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CUBANMISSLECRISIS

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS – OCTOBER 1962 The U.S. confronted Cuba and the Soviet Union about nuclear weapons that had been placed 90 miles from the U.S. Kennedy issued a “quarantine” to restrict more ships with weapons from going to Cuba.

Kарибский кризис

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War Fear : Both Kennedy and Khrushchev feared the start of a nuclear war. They successfully negotiated an agreement to end the

stand-off. Soviet Union had to remove missiles from Cuba U.S. had to remove missiles from Turkey (secretly).

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

Outcome:The world was saved.Khrushchev loses power.

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Long Term Effects: Hot-Line Created: a direct line between the White

House and the Kremlin for communication between the two.

Limited Test Ban Treaty: barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.

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BERLINWALL

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BERLIN WALL CRISIS – 1961-1989

Conflict: Too many East Germans are defecting to West Berlin for freedom.

Khrushchev’s Response : Wall around West Berlin

The Berlin Wall created many tense moments:Checkpoint Charlie133 People killed trying to cross the wall.

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THE BERLIN WALL

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Outcome: Demonstrated the divide between

Communism and Democracy. Example of the powerful will’s by both

superpowers. Tearing down of the wall in 1989 signaled

the coming end of Communism in Europe...

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Clarion calls Issued by JFK

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