The New Frontier and the Great Society

Chapter 28

Fidel Castro

January 1959Confiscates private landEstablished ties with Soviet UnionUS Retaliates

Trade embargoEnded diplomatic relationsAssassination attempts

Castro and Baseball

Bay of Pigs

April 17, 19611,500 Cuban exilesCritics--US not aggressive enoughEmbarrassment to USCrucial to Cuban missile crisis of

October 1962.

Cuban Missile Crisis

1960 USSR to defend CubaJuly 1962 –Spy reports of missilesOct. 22 – blockadeOct 28 – USSR backs down US promises not to invade CubaUS to remove missiles from Turkey

Cuban Missile Crisis

Marked antagonistic period in U.S.-Soviet relations.

Marked the closest the world had come to global nuclear war.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (July, 1963)Banned the atmospheric testing of

nuclear weapons: land, sea, and outer space.

Hot-line installed with 24-hour access between Moscow and Washington

Kennedy Assassination

Political trip to Dallas12:30: President Shot2:28: Johnson takes the oath of office

Kennedy Assassination

Warren Commission

Investigated the Kennedy Assassination

Ruling: Oswald acted alone

LBJ and the Great Society

Declared “war on poverty”Medical care for the elderly/poorJobs training programsHead Start

LBJ and the Great Society

Expanded Social SecurityHousing Programs Pushed through JFK’s civil rights

legislation

The Supreme Court and the Rights of the Accused

Warren Court 1953 – 1969Sweeping ChangesIllegal evidenceRight to counselMiranda warnings