The 1960s

1960sThis was the most dangerous decade.

FACTS about this decade.  Population 177,830,000 Unemployment 3,852,000 National Debt 286.3 Billion Average Salary $4,743 Teacher's Salary $5,174 Minimum Wage $1.00 Life Expectancy:  Males 66.6 years Females 73.1 years

The U-2 Incident

May 1, 1960

Aftermath

Aftermath

Effects of the U2 incident1. The Paris meeting collapsed, and there was no Test Ban Treaty.2. There was no discussion of the problem of Berlin - which led ultimately to the Berlin Wall. 3. The incident was seen as a defeat for the US - so they elected John F Kennedy as President because he promised to get much tougher on the Russians.

The Cuban Revolution

Castro!

China

China breaks relations off with the Soviet Union!

1960

first nuclear bomb called "59-6",

China's first intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)

Kennedy elected president!

1961

Bay of Pigs

April 17, 1961

President Kennedy receives the Brigade 2506 flag in Miami in Dec. 29, 1962 and declares: "I promise to return this flag in a free Havana."

The Berlin Wall

Yuri Gagarin

First man in space

Nuclear Test Ban

August 5, 1963

Assassination of JFK

November 22, 1963

Lee Harvey OswaldJohnson being sworn in as president.

Brezhnev

1964

U.S.S. Pueblo

January 23, 1968

Prague SpringJanuary 5 – August 20, 1968