CP AMERICAN HISTORY: Chapter 20.1 Notes
When Kennedy took responsibility how much did he pay Castro for the release of the exiles?
$53 million
When was the guerilla campaign against the batista government?
1956-1959
By what time did the soviet union launch sputnik?
1957
When did East Germans flee to West Berlin?
1961
When was it indicated that the Soviet Union had installed nuclear weapons?
1991
How many East Germans fled to West Berlin?
20% (3 million)
How many Cuban regulars stopped the invasion?
20,000
When did East Germans troops began to build a wall?
August 13,1961
What did the Eisenhower's Administration plan for?
CIA supported invasion of cuba
What did Kennedy have to overcome to get elected?
Catholicism
What did Kennedy promise to boost?
Conventional warfare (flexible response)
What made Castro more popular?
His willingness to stand up to the US
When did Fidel Castro declare himself a communist?
January 3, 1961
What did Richard Nixon hope to capitalize on?
John F. Kennedy's inexperience and Eisenhower's popularity
What did Nixon have that Kennedy didn't?
More experience
What provided proof that the Soviet made missiles existed in Cuba?
U-2 spy planes
When did the US treat Castro as a threat?
When he took control of three oil refineries owned by the US and Great Britain
What was Kennedy and Krushchev doing during the face off with the Soviet Union in October?
Working out a solution with Khrushchev
What did Kennedy order against Cuba?
a full naval blockade
How many Cubans left for Miami, Florida?
about 10%
Was Richard Nixon for or against Kennedy?
against
What are commercial farms?
big privately owned farms
What did Kennedy oppose?
brinkmanship
Was the election close or not?
closet in US history
What did Castro break up?
commercial farms
When and for how many days did the world face nuclear war?
for 6 days in October of 1962
Why did the black vote for Kennedy?
he helped negotiate MLK's release from jail
In the debates, what did Nixon hope to exploit from Kennedy?
his inexperience
How did Kennedy overcome Catholicism?
make a speech to the American people about his religion
Who voted for Nixon instead of Kennedy?
men
What did Khrushchev later do after the talk with Kennedy?
removed the weapons from Cuba
What did Kennedy have for the presidential campaign that people liked?
rich, charismatic, and handsome
After the Bay of Pigs what did the Soviet Union do?
supplied Castro with weapons
What made the difference in the election of 1960?
television and civil rights
What led to a hot line?
tensions, and indirect communication
What did John F. Kennedy hope to capitalize on?
the perceived technological gap
What promise did Kennedy make to Khrushchev?
to never invade cuba and remove missiles in Turkey
When Kennedy sent in Cuban exiles was it successful or unsuccessful?
unsuccessful
Who loved Kennedy and voted for him?
women
