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INTRODUCTION TO KENNEDY
CHAPTER 20 SECTION 1 AND 2 WORKSHEET

RANDOM FACTS

ACCORDING TO A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD, MONEY CAN BUY HAPPINESS JUST WHEN

YOU SPEND IT ON OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU NEED YOUR NOSE TO HUM, SO IF YOU HOLD IT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DO SO.
BRUCE LEE HAD TRAINED HIS MOVES TO BE SO QUICK THAT HE COULD CATCH GRAINS
OF RICE IN MID-AIR USING ONLY CHOPSTICKS.

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FACTS
RANDOM
ACCORDING TO A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD, MONEY CAN BUY HAPPINESS JUST WHEN YOU
SPEND IT ON OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU NEED YOUR NOSE TO HUM, SO IF YOU HOLD IT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DO SO.
BRUCE LEE HAD TRAINED HIS MOVES TO BE SO QUICK THAT HE COULD CATCH GRAINS OF
RICE IN MID-AIR USING ONLY CHOPSTICKS.

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CHAPTER 20: THE NEW FRONTIER AND THE GREAT

SOCIETY

MAIN IDEA : PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDYS EFFORTS TO CONFRONT THE SOVIET UNION AND ADDRESS
SOCIAL ILLS ARE CUT SHORT BY HIS ASSASSINATION. PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPEARHEADS
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND DECLARES A WAR ON POVERTY.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW DID JFK AND LBJS PRESIDENCIES CHANGE THE IDEA OF FREEDOM IN
AMERICA?

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MAIN IDEAS
MAIN IDEA:

THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION FACES SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SOVIET

CONFRONTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

WHY IT MATTERS NOW:

A MILITARY SUPERPOWER.

AMERICAS RESPONSE TO SOVIET THREATS DEVELOPED THE UNITED STATES AS

THE ELECTION OF 1960

THE TELEVISED DEBATE AFFECTS VOTES

AMERICANS FEAR U.S. FALLING BEHIND SOVIETS MILITARILY

JOHN F. KENNEDY DISCUSSES CATHOLICISM OPENLY, ALLAYS PUBLIC WORRIES
FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN KENNEDY, RICHARD NIXON
NIXON IS FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT
KENNEDY COACHED BY TV PRODUCERS, COMES ACROSS BETTER THAN NIXON

KENNEDY AND CIVIL RIGHTS

JFK TAKES STAND ON ARREST OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR; WINS BLACK VOTE

CAMELOT YEARS
THE KENNEDY MYSTIQUE
KENNEDY WINS PRESIDENCY IN CLOSE ELECTION
CRITICS ARGUE HIS SMOOTH STYLE LACKS SUBSTANCE
KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE KNOWN AS CAMELOT FOR ITS
GLAMOUR, CULTURE, WIT
FIRST LADY ADMIRED FOR HER ELEGANCE; CONSTANT
ARTICLES ABOUT FAMILY

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

JFKS ADVISERS CALLED THE BEST AND THE

BRIGHTEST
BROTHER ROBERT KENNEDY NAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL

A NEW MILITARY POLICY

DEFINING A MILITARY STRATEGY
JFK BELIEVES MUST REDEFINE NATIONS NUCLEAR

STRATEGY
FLEXIBLE RESPONSEFIGHT CONVENTIONAL
WARS, KEEP NUCLEAR ARMS BALANCED
JFK INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING IN THREE
AREAS:

STRENGTHENS CONVENTIONAL FORCES

CREATES ARMY SPECIAL FORCES (GREEN BERETS)
TRIPLES NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES

CRISIS IN CUBA
THE CUBAN DILEMMA

REVOLUTIONARY LEADER FIDEL CASTRO DECLARES HIMSELF

COMMUNIST

SEIZES U.S. PROPERTIES; EISENHOWER CUTS OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

10% OF CUBAN POPULATION GOES INTO EXILE; MOSTLY TO U.S.

THE BAY OF PIGS

CUBAN EXILES, CIA PLAN INVASION TO TOPPLE CASTRO

PLANS GO WRONG; EXILE FORCES KILLED, TAKEN PRISONER
JFK PAYS RANSOM IN FOOD, MEDICINE; MISSION IS PUBLIC
EMBARRASSMENT

DECISION 1 WHAT SHOULD KENNEDY DO ABOUT NUCLEAR

MISSILES?
YOUR U2 SPY PLANES HAVE CAPTURED PHOTOGRAPHIC

EVIDENCE THAT RUSSIAN NUCLEAR MISSILES ARE BEING

PLACED ON CUBA. YOUR ADVISERS SAY THAT THE SITES
COULD BE READY TO LAUNCH MISSILES IN JUST SEVEN
DAYS.

YOUR SPY PLANES HAVE ALSO REPORTED THAT 20

SOVIET SHIPS ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR WAY TO CUBA

CARRYING MISSILES.

DO YOU:
A: TAKE THE ADVICE OF YOUR INNER COUNCIL (EXCOMM)
AND BOMB THE BASES ON CUBA HOPING THEY ARE NOT YET
COMPLETE.
B: INVADE CUBA WITH US TROOPS.
C: TALK TO THE USSR TO SEE IF NEGOTIATIONS CAN FIND A
WAY OUT OF THIS CRISIS.
D: PLACE A RING OF US SHIPS AROUND CUBA AND TELL THEM
TO DESTROY ANY SOVIET SHIPS THAT TRY AND PASS THEM.

HOW DID YOU DO?

A: YOU HAVE JUST STARTED A WAR. WORSE THAN THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD ARE
OUTRAGED BY YOUR ACTIONS. THIS WAR WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BECOME A NUCLEAR WAR.
(0 POINTS)
B: SAME AS ABOVE. (0 POINTS)
C: THIS MIGHT WORK. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT NEGOTIATIONS WILL LAST MORE THAN
SEVEN DAYS. KHRUSHCHEV WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE HIS MISSILE SITES IN CUBA WILL
ALWAYS BE ABLE TO THREATEN YOU WITH THEM. (2 POINTS)
D: THE BEST DECISION. KENNEDY SAID THAT HE WAS PUTTING CUBA IN QUARANTINE. HE HAD
PUT THE BALL IN KHRUSHCHEVS COURT AND WOULD HAVE TO SEE WHETHER KHRUSHCHEV
WAS WILLING TO RISK A NUCLEAR WAR BY SAILING THROUGH THE US SHIPS. (5 POINTS)

WHAT DID KENNEDY DO?

KENNEDYS ADVISORS CAN BE SPLIT

INTO TWO GROUPS. THE HAWKS AND

THE DOVES. THE HAWKS BELIEVED
THAT A NUCLEAR WAR WAS
INEVITABLE AND WANTED KENNEDY TO
GO TO WAR. THE DOVES WANTED HIM
TO DO WHATEVER HE COULD TO AVOID
WAR.

KENNEDY WENT FOR A COMPROMISE.

HE DECIDED TO SET UP A NAVAL

BLOCKADE AROUND CUBA TO PREVENT
FURTHER MISSILES FROM REACHING
THE ISLAND.

DECISION 2 HOW WILL YOU RESPOND TO KHRUSHCHEVS

LETTER?
KHRUSHCHEV SENDS YOU A LETTER STATING

THAT SOVIET SHIPS WILL BREAK THROUGH THE

BLOCKADE. HE ALSO ISSUES A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT THE USSR IS PREPARED TO USE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF THE USA DECLARES WAR
ON THEM.

DO YOU:
A: STAND YOUR GROUND AND MAINTAIN THE
BLOCKADE - SEND KHRUSHCHEV A LETTER ASKING
HIM TO WITHDRAW THE MISSILES. REPEAT YOUR
ORIGINAL THREAT THAT IF HIS SHIPS TRY AND
PASS YOUR BLOCKADE YOU WILL DECLARE WAR
ON HIM.
B: DECLARE WAR ON THE USSR.
C: REMOVE THE BLOCKADE TO MAKE SURE A
NUCLEAR WAR DOESNT START.

HOW DID YOU DO?

A: A RISKY STRATEGY BUT YOU ARE CALLING KHRUSHCHEVS BLUFF. WILL HE RISK
STARTING A NUCLEAR WAR? (5 POINTS)
B: YOU WILL HAVE STARTED A WAR. KHRUSHCHEV HAS SAID THIS WILL BECOME A
NUCLEAR WAR. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS AND SUFFERING OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. (0 POINTS)
C: THIS WILL PREVENT WAR BUT THE US PUBLIC WILL SEE YOU AS WEAK. (2 POINTS)

WHAT DID KENNEDY DO?

KENNEDY STOOD HIS GROUND. HE

SENT A LETTER TELLING KHRUSHCHEV

THAT IF HE DID NOT TURN HIS SHIPS
ROUND AND REMOVE THE MISSILES
FROM CUBA THEN THE USA WOULD
DECLARE WAR.

DECISION
3:
WHAT
WILL
YOU
DO
NOW?

KHRUSHCHEV SENDS YOU A LETTER SAYING THAT HE WILL WITHDRAW

THE MISSILES FROM CUBA IF YOU PROMISE THAT THE USA WILL NEVER
INVADE CUBA.

THE NEXT DAY YOU RECEIVE A SECOND LETTER FROM KHRUSHCHEV. THIS
ONE SAYS THAT HE WILL REMOVE THE MISSILES FROM CUBA IF YOU
REMOVE THE AMERICAN MISSILES FROM TURKEY.

ON THE SAME DAY AN AMERICAN SPY PLANE IS SHOT DOWN OVER CUBA.
YOUR ADVISERS ARE DEMANDING THAT YOU DECLARE WAR ON THE USSR.
DO YOU:
A: DECLARE WAR ON THE USSR.
B: ACCEPT THE OFFER IN THE SECOND LETTER AND ORDER FOR THE REMOVAL OF
MISSILES FROM TURKEY.
C: IGNORE THE SECOND LETTER AND AGREE TO THE DEMANDS OF THE FIRST.
D: TAKE YOUR BROTHER (ROBERT KENNEDYS ADVICE). HE SAYS YOU SHOULD
PUBLICLY AGREE TO THE DEMANDS IN THE FIRST LETTER BUT SECRETLY SAY TO
THE USSR THAT YOU WILL REMOVE THE MISSILES FROM TURKEY.

HOW DID YOU DO?

A: NUCLEAR WAR! (0 POINTS)
B: YOU WILL HAVE PREVENTED WAR BUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL SEE YOU AS
WEAK. (2 POINTS)
C: RISKY, KHRUSHCHEV MIGHT NOT AGREE. (2 POINTS)
D: THE BEST OPTION. PUBLICLY, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL THINK YOU HAVE
OUTSMARTED KHRUSHCHEV AND YOU WILL ALSO PREVENT A NUCLEAR WAR. (5
POINTS)

WHAT DID KENNEDY DO?

IN PUBLIC KENNEDY SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT INVADE CUBA.
IN SECRET, HIS BROTHER ROBERT TOLD KHRUSHCHEV THAT THE MISSILES ON
TURKEY WOULD BE REMOVED.

KHRUSHCHEV ORDERED HIS SHIPS TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO THE USSR.
HE ORDERED FOR THE DISMANTLING OF THE MISSILE SITES ON CUBA.

WHO WON THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?

Evidence that could be used to show
the Kennedy won

Evidence that could be used to show

the Khrushchev won

Stretch and challenge - Choose your strongest 3 points for each side
of the argument.

 THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV SENDS WEAPONS TO CUBA, INCLUDING NUCLEAR

MISSILES
JFK WARNS SOVIETS THAT MISSILE ATTACK WILL TRIGGER WAR ON
U.S.S.R. UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
SOVIETS AVOID CONFRONTATION AT SEA; REACH AGREEMENT WITH U.S.

KENNEDY AND KHRUSHCHEV TAKE THE HEAT

KHRUSHCHEVS PRESTIGE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN U.S.S.R.

JFK CRITICIZED FOR BRINKMANSHIP, ALSO FOR NOT OUSTING CASTRO
CUBAN EXILES SWITCH TO GOP; CASTRO BANS FLIGHTS TO AND FROM
MIAMI

The United States put nuclear missiles into Turkey in April of 1962.
How do you think Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev felt about
this?
What do you think the Soviet Union would do about this?
What did they actually do?

If you were President of the United States, John F. Kennedy,

what would you do?

CRISIS OVER BERLIN

THE BERLIN CRISIS

BY 1961 20% OF GERMANS FLEE TO WEST BERLIN; ECONOMIC DRAIN ON EAST

KHRUSHCHEV WANTS TO CLOSE ACCESS ROADS TO WEST BERLIN; JFK

REFUSES
SOVIETS ISOLATE WEST BERLIN FROM EAST GERMANY WITH BERLIN WALL

SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO EASE TENSIONS

KHRUSHCHEV, KENNEDY CONSCIOUS OF DANGER OF QUICK DECISIONS

ESTABLISH HOT LINEDIRECT PHONE BETWEEN WHITE HOUSE, KREMLIN
LIMITED TEST BAN TREATY BANS NUCLEAR TESTS IN ATMOSPHERE

MAIN IDEAS

1.
2.
3.
4.

USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!

WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION BUILD THE BERLIN WALL?
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?
WHY WERE PEOPLE SO FASCINATED WITH JFK?
WHAT EFFECT DID TELEVISION HAVE ON THE 1960S DEBATE?