PPT-Cuban Missile Crises US History 11

Spring 2012 Bay of Pigs Kennedy was presented with a plan when he became President of the United States Goal was to stop communism in Cuba CIA guaranteed it would be an easy win The Bay of Pigs. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY the arguments complex and Kennedy’s motives demonstrate the to take offer compelling to support their contention that the missiles. would become missile deployment. Executive C and the . Cuban Missile . Crisis. Brinkmanship. A willingness to go to the . edge. of War. Example: Cuban Missile Crisis. Each side began producing stockpiles of Nuclear Arms. Became known as the . (2000). Artemus Ward. Dept. of Political Science. Northern Illinois University. aeward@niu.edu. Introduction. The Kennedys had to overcome the legacy of their father—specifically his failed views of foreign policy in the run-up to WWII.. missile. crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was an event that occurred during the U.S. and Russia cold war.. This event was a thirteen day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.. Download preparation exercise PDF worksheet…. You can use this activity in a number of ways. Suggestions …. 1 : Individual student ‘game’ .. 2 : Class or group using an inter-active whiteboard. WARNING! . Remember these answers are not full answers but are just suggestions of points that you could include!. What is the message of this cartoon?. A cartoon published in a British newspaper on 24 October 1962.. WARNING! . Remember these answers are not full answers but are just suggestions of points that you could include!. What is the message of this cartoon?. A cartoon published in a British newspaper on 24 October 1962.. Setting the Stage. The Truman Doctrine. The Marshall Plan. Containment. The Domino Theory. The Berlin Blockade. The Berlin Wall. Why are these events so important when trying to understand the Cold War?. Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy and the days. that shook the world. THE BAY OF PIGS FIASCO. THE WARNING. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”. Election of 1960. Nixon vs. Kennedy. Nixon: Experienced, but scandal. Kennedy: Young, but Catholic. First televised presidential debate. Turns focus to appearance. Television campaign advertising. The “New Frontier”. Word Scramble. BUAC. STROAC. GUARS. YBA FO GPSI. SILEMSI. YMOCLPADI. YEKNNDE. Stretch and Challenge. Once you have unscramble the words write a sentence about each one based on what you know about them.. The Cuban Missile Crisis. brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in October 1962.. Lesson overview. What was the background to the events in Cuba?. How successful were early attempts at ‘containment’?. ,. Cuban Missile Crisis, Czechoslovakia 1968. . Revision for HSC 2014. The Berlin Wall (1961) – Nature. Germany and Berlin were divided into four zones at Potsdam Conference in 1945. US, French and British zones became capitalist, democratic, allowing citizens freedom of speech and other rights. While the Soviet zone became communist dictatorship where government controlled all economic activity and censored the media.. Objective questions. What was the background to the events that happened in Cuba?. How successful were the early attempts at containment?. Why was the USSR interested in helping Cuba?. What happened during the crisis?.