Cold War 1950

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Cold War 1950s - JFK

• Space race
• Cuban revolution
• JFK presidency

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Essential Question

• SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and
  international impact of the Cold War on the
  United States
• What positives in the USA do you feel came from
  the spread of communism around the globe?

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Cuban revolution

• Communism spreads to Cuba!
• Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrow
  the government and implement a government rooted
  in Marxism.
• http//www.history.com/topics/bay-of-pigs-invasion
  /videoscastro-and-the-cuban-revolution
• Cuban Revolution - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• 1. What impact does this have on America and how
  is this a threat to the Truman-Doctrine?

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Questions

• 2. What successes did communism have in the
  1940s and 1950s?

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The Space Race

• In 1957 the USSR launches the first object into
  space.
• Sputnik from NASA
• 4.How do you think the United States reacted this
  this action?

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Space Race continued

• Space Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• From objects, to animals, to humans.
• The First Lunar Landing from NASA
• NASA Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
• http//www.history.com/topics/u2-spy-incident/vide
  osthe-space-race History channel, space race

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Television in America

• http//www.history.com/topics/bay-of-pigs-invasion
  /videosthe-kennedy-nixon-debate
• By 1955, ½ of all American homes had televisions.
• TV started to be broadcast in color by this time
• In 1960, television had a major impact on the
  Election.
• Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates, 1960
• 6. Do you think events like this still influence
  politics?
• 7. Do you think something like this possibly
  plagued John McCain in 2008?

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Election of 1960

• http//www.270towin.com 1960 election
  statistics
• By 1960, the cold war was in full effect.
• Kennedy had to deal with 5 major events of the
  cold war.
• 1. U-2 incident
• 2. Berlin Wall
• 3. Bay of Pigs
• 4. Cuban Missile crisis
• 5. Vietnam war

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U-2 incident

• In 1960, a US spy plane had been shot down.
• U-2 incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The essential cover-up and lies by the USA
  proved very embarassing.
• SR-71 Blackbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Berlin wall incident

• Vienna summit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Kruschev felt that Kennedy was young and weak and
  therefore threatened him and tried to intimidate
  him.
• Kennedy refused to be intimidated.
• In response, Kruschev builds the Berlin wall
• Berlin Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• http//www.history.com/topics/u2-spy-incident/vide
  osberlin-wall-deconstructed Berlin Wall

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Bay of Pigs / Cuban missile crisis

• http//www.history.com/videos/kennedy-and-the-cuba
  n-missile-crisiskennedy-and-the-cuban-missile-cri
  sis
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cold War Cuban missile crisis
• Cuban missile crisis is the closest we ever came
  to nuclear war.

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Cuban missile crisis

• 1. The US and Russia agreed to communicate about
  possible aggressions in the future. (installed
  red phone)
• 2. Russians stop at the quarantine line, but
  turned back ending the crisis.
• 3. JFK warned the US that if we invaded Cuba,
  nuclear war was imminent.
• http//www.mayomo.com/42019-jfk-on-the-cuban-missi
  le-crisis-1962-10-22 - speech
• http//www.history.com/topics/u2-spy-incident/vide
  oscuban-missile-crisis - Song

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JFK assassination

• John F. Kennedy assassination - Wikipedia, the
  free encyclopedia
• John F. Kennedy Assassination Homepage
• Zapruder film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• http//www.examiner.com/us-intelligence-in-nationa
  l/best-jfk-assassination-video

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Vietnam War

• France is overthrown by Vietnamese rebels.
• Vietnam is divided in half, and the US sends
  military advisors to assess the situation.
• US involvement escalates throughout the 60s
• By the end of the JFK presidency, there are
  16,000 advisors in Vietnam

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Fun Cold War video

• http//www.history.com/topics/u2-spy-incident/vide
  oscold-war Relics of the Cold War