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maxush-JFK Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| called for a buildup of conventional forces, while maintaining the nuclear buildup of Eisenhower, also supported the creation of special forces units like the Green Berets | Flexible response |
| Small highly mobile army units, to wage guerilla warfare- Green Berets | special forces |
| cooperative aid program in Latin America, funds for improvement projects in countries, many successes, some rulers used money to remain in power | Alliance for Progress |
| volunteer young Americans are trained to fight poverty in developing nations, for agricultural, educational, or public health assistance | Peace Corps |
| competition between the U.S. and the USSR to put a man on the moon, JFK set as a goal for America to put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth by the end of the decade | Space Race |
| April 1961, first human to orbit the earth, Soviets take lead | Yuri Gagarin |
| 1962, first American to orbit the earth | John Glenn |
| July 20, 1969, Apollo 11, first man to set foot on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
| communist leader of Cuba, forms alliance with USSR | Fidel Castro |
| Cuban exiles trained and equipped by the CIA to invade Cuba to overthrow Castro | La Brigada |
| April 17,1961, La Brigada lands on coast of Cuba without US air support (JFK did not want a link to the US) most of exiles were either killed or captured by Castro’s forces, major embarrassment for the Kennedy Adm. | Bay of Pigs |
| JFK Khrushchev meet, Khrushchev wants western nations out of Berlin JFK refuses | Summit |
| In response to summit, Soviets began building a wall to divide the city to prevent people from leaving the Soviet sector | Berlin Wall |
| US produces photos of Soviet missiles being constructed in Cuba, JFK orders a “quarantine” of Cuba, tension increases as Soviet ships head for Cuba, after negotiations between JFK and Khrushchev USSR backs down | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Direct line of communication between the US and USSR established after the Cuban Missile Crisis | Hot line |
| US and USSR agree to stop testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere | Test Ban treaty |
| forced from power in the USSR after decisions from Cold War | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Soviets build up military during the 60's and 70's in response to losses in early sixties | Soviet Arms buildup |
| JFK assassinated while on a campaign trip in Dallas, TX | Nov. 22,1963 |
| Marxist accused of shooting JFK | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| shoots Oswald as he is being transferred to county jail, claims to save hardship on JFK’s family | Jack Ruby |
| created by LBJ to investigate assassination, found that Oswald had shot JFK and he had acted alone, many theories persisted that there was a conspiracy | Warren Commission |
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