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Chapter 28: The New Frontier and the Great Society. Questions to Consider. What issues and events helped Kennedy win in 1960? What was the Kennedy mystique? What factors help explain the public’s fascination with the Kennedy’s? What was the goal of the doctrine of flexible response?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 28: The New Frontier and the Great
Society
Questions to ConsiderWhat issues and events
helped Kennedy win in 1960?
What was the Kennedy mystique?
What factors help explain the public’s fascination with the Kennedy’s?
What was the goal of the doctrine of flexible response?
Crises over CubaFrom 1956-1959 Fidel Castro
led communist guerilla movement (with aid from the Soviet Union) to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista
Upon coming to power, seized American and British oil refineries; broke up commercial farms
Political repression and exile
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Map of Cuba used during President’s meetings with political
and military advisors
U-2 Photography of a truck convoy approaching a deployment of Soviet
Medium Range Ballistic Missiles near Los Palacios at San Cristobal
Medium Range Ballistic Missile Field Launch Site, San Critobal No.
1, 14 October 1962
CIA Briefing board for JFK showing range of Soviet Medium Range Ballistic
Missiles
CIA reference photograph of Soviet Medium Range Ballistic Missile (SS-4) in Red Square
What led Kruschev to erect the Berlin Wall (1961)?
Piece of Berlin Wall
Checkpoint Charlie
Path of Berlin Wall
Questions for Discussion
Why did Kennedy have difficulty achieving many of his New Frontier goals?
Why did Kennedy want to invest in foreign aid?
What effect did the space program have on other areas of American life?
In what directions did President Kennedy seem to be taking his administration in 1963?
Peace Corps Assignment
Task: Write a job description to recruit people to join the Peace Corps
Purpose: To explore the purpose of the Peace Corps and the dedication of its volunteers
Directions: Use library resources and/or the Internet to research the work that Peace Corps volunteers do. Write an ad for a specific job in a specific country, giving a description of the work involved and listing qualifications needed by applicants. Ad should include photos or drawings of volunteers doing similar work.
Kennedy AssassinationNovember 22, 1963: Kennedy
visiting Texas; meeting with governor to try and mend relations with states’ Democratic Party
Lee Harvey Oswald: • Dishonorable discharge
(marine)• Briefly lived in Soviet Union• Upon return to US, active
support of Castro
November 24, 1963: while being transferred, Dallas nightclub owner, Jack Ruby, shot Oswald
Conspiracy Theories??Warren Commission
• Created November 29, 1963• Objective report of the facts of the
Kennedy assassination• Conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald
acted alone• Findings have proven to be
controversial
Conspiracy theories:• More than one gunman• CIA conspiracy• Secret Service conspiracy• Organized crime• Lyndon Johnson• Cuban Exiles• Soviets