CP AMERICAN HISTORY: Chapter 20.1 Notes

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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


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