Anticipatory Set
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Answer the following question with your
neighbors:
1. How can a leader motivate and influence
the public?
2. Can you think of a leader in your life who
motivates and influences you? Explain
Kennedy and the Cold War
Time
Line
Draw a diagonal line across your page and label the
following years:
1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
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Use your outline and book to match the following events
to the correct years. Some years may have more than one
event:
Launch of Sputnik 1
Bay of Pigs
Cuban missile crisis
U-2 incident
Installation of Hot Line
Alignment of Cuba with the Soviet Union
Negotiation of Limited Test Ban Treaty
US presidential election
Berlin crisis
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Kennedy and the Cold War
Time Line
Launch of Sputnik 1 1957
Bay of Pigs 1961
Cuban missile crisis 1962
U-2 incident 1960
Installation of Hot Line 1963
Alignment of Cuba with the Soviet Union
1960
Negotiation of Limited Test Ban Treaty 1963
US presidential election 1960
Berlin crisis 1961
Kennedy and the Cold War
In groups of 3, use your notebook/text book to
answer the following questions about the
events in your time line:
1. What were some of the factors that helped JFK
win the presidency?
2. What were the results of the Bay of Pigs?
3. How was the Berlin crisis resolved?
4. What were the effects of the Cuban missile
crisis?
5. Why was the hot line installed?
6. What would the Limited Test Ban Treaty
eventually do?
Kennedy and the Cold War
1.
What were some of the factors that helped JFK win the
presidency?
voter restlessness; economic recession; successful TV debate;
openness about his religion; helping MLK; good looks & charisma;
well-organized campaign; Kennedy family wealth
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What were the results of the Bay of Pigs?
invaders killed or jailed; JFK embarrassed; public relations victory for
Castro; ransom paid to release invaders
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How was the Berlin crisis resolved?
Berlin Wall built; flow of refugees reduced
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What were the effects of the Cuban missile crisis?
Khrushchev’s prestige damaged; Kennedy criticized; Cuban exiles
switched allegiance from the Democratic Party to Republican; Castro
banned flights between Miami and Cuba
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Why was the hot line installed?
To allow the US and SU leaders to communicate at once should
another crisis arise
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What would the Limited Test Ban Treaty eventually do?
Ban the explosion of nuclear devices in the atmosphere