The Cold War Continues

Nixon (R, well known VP, ugly) and JFK (D, young senator from Mass., got elected with help from father Joseph). JFK wins by 118,000 popular votes

JFK's domestic policy; started the Peace Corps, meant to help Civil Rights, Education, Medical Care, and "War on Poverty". Also pledged to land on the moon

What Jackie O. called their life

CIA 100# gargtened to .be successful. but they were wrong because basically everything went wrong. 1) Cubans told the CIA where to land but the CIA did not listen. they landed in the bay of pigs to start a revolution. 2) airstrikes failed and alerted Castro who proceeded to bomb us back, killing 114 cuban exiles. 3) we didnt use american troops

Khrushchev asks again for us to leave berlin but we say no. so he builds a wall around west berlin. stood for 30 years as symbol of european division.

A U2 spy plane saw missiles in Cuba. We put a naval blockade on Cuba which luckily Kruschev did not challenge; 13 days

Signed by 100 nations, banned bomb testing

JFK moved away from "mass retaliation"; increased spending on non-nuclear weapons; reduced risk of nuclear attack but increased temptation to send forces to 3rd world nations.

South vietnam communist rebels; threatened to topple Diem's government; JFK sent "military advisers" to help with stability (he claimed it was S. Vietnam's war and we were only there to help); Diem was corrupt and JFK approved a coup to assassinate him

Commission to investigate JFK's assassination

Sworn in on a plane, kept most of "Harvards", very experienced but no scholar, in your face attitude, continued New Frontier, passed Civil Rights Bill (in honor of JFK), tax bill, money for "War on Poverty"

LBJ's Newd Eelish domestic program. had economic and welfare measures aimed at transforming the American way of life.

Book about poverty by Michael Harrington, got support for anti-poverty programs

The Office of Economic Opportunity: billion dollar budget, established self-help programs for poor, like Head Start, Job Corps (voc schools), literacy programs. Some worked, some didn't, but did help to reduce poverty. More money was spent on vietnam war though

LBJ (liberal agenda, like new and fair deal), Barry Goldwater (R, Arizona senator, conservative who wanted to end the welfare state, TVA, Social Security, civil rights, and Nuclear test ban treaty). LBJ won in a landslide and congress got a democratic majority