Unit 3:Kennedy and the New Frontier Unit Schedule: 10/8- 28.1- Kennedy and the Cold War 10/10-Cuban Missile Crisis Project/Paper Begins 10/16- 28.2- The New Frontier “Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.” -John F. Kennedy Essential Questions: Why was JFK such a popular president? What makes a U.S. President great?
Unit 3:Kennedy and the New Frontier. “Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.” -John F. Kennedy. Unit Schedule: 10/8- 28.1- Kennedy and the Cold War 10/10-Cuban Missile Crisis Project/Paper Begins 10/16- 28.2- The New Frontier. Essential Questions: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Unit 3:Kennedy and the New FrontierUnit Schedule:
10/8- 28.1- Kennedy and the Cold War10/10-Cuban Missile Crisis Project/Paper Begins
10/16- 28.2- The New Frontier
“Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.” -John F. Kennedy
Essential Questions:Why was JFK such a popular president?
What makes a U.S. President great?
28.1 Kennedy and the Cold WarLesson Objective: To understand the 1960 Election and the Foreign Policy goals of the Kennedy AdministrationEssential Question: Why has JFK become on of our most beloved presidents?
Quiz10/9
1. Who convinced the judge to release MLK?
2. What two issues helped Kennedy win the 1960 election?
3. Kennedy’s running mate (VP) was who?
4. The dictator of Cuba overthrown by Castro was who?
5. This was built to separate East and West Berlin?
Key Terms• John F. Kennedy• Flexible Response• Fidel Castro• Hot line• Limited Test Ban Treaty
Key Dates• 1956- Cuban Revolution• 1959- Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba• Nov. 1960 Kennedy Elected president • April 1961- Bay of Pigs• August 1961- Berlin Wall Built• October 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
The Election of 1960
• Democratic nominee- John F. Kennedy- MA Senator• Republican Nominee- Richard Nixon- Vice President of the United States• Ended up closest election since 1888!
Kennedy’s advantages:• Young, charismatic, good-looking• Wealthy, family pedigree• Economic Recession• Growing tension with Soviet Union
Kennedy and the Cold War• Concern over Soviet influence in the Asia, Africa, Latin America
• Especially Cuba
• Kennedy took hard line on communism- why?• Change from brinksmanship to flexible response
• Define:
• “Kennedy administration worried that reliance on nuclear weapons gave us no way to respond to large nonnuclear attacks without committing suicide. President Kennedy said we had put ourselves in the position of having to choose in a crisis between “inglorious retreat or unlimited retaliation.” We decided to broaden the range of options by strengthening and modernizing the military’s ability to fight nonnuclear war.”- Robert McNamara • Large increase in military spending• Special forces• Tripled nuclear capabilities
• This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual- is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications…the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.- Dwight D. Eisenhower “Farewell Address”
• Think:Write:Pair:Share• Is this military-industrial complex morally good or evil? Indifferent?• What does it mean for a Democracy to have this?• Is it a necessary evil in the Modern era?