JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis Outline

  1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
  2. Born in Massachusetts on May 29, ______
  3. 2nd of 9 children into a very ______family
  4. Irish, Roman ______
  5. Nearly died of ______fever as a 3 year old
  6. Later diagnosed with Addison’s ______
  7. Overcame prejudice in Boston against Catholics to graduate from ______in 1940
  8. Joined the ______after graduating
  9. In 1943, his PT boat was ______by a Japanese destroyer
  10. Despite injuries, managed to get his men to ______
  11. Brother Joe______in Europe
  12. In the White House
  13. Partially because of the loss of his brother, ______(as he liked to be called) decided to run for______
  14. Mass. ______in the House of Reps. from 1947-1950, then the US ______in 1952 until 1960
  15. Narrow victory over Richard Nixon in the 1960 election- became the ______Roman Catholic President
  16. Historic inaugural address- ‘Ask not what your ______can do for you, ask what you can do for your country…”
  17. With his wife, ______, and 2 small children, lent an aura of youth and ______to the White House
  18. A New Frontier
  19. By 1961, Americans felt that the US was falling farther and farther ______in the race to ______
  20. Sputnik launch in ______
  21. Early 1961, USSR put the first ______in space, Yuri Gagarin
  22. May of 1961 Kennedy appears before Congress to ask for ______and commits the US to send a man to the ______.
  23. “…this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the ______is out, of landing a man on the ______and returning him safely to the earth…“
  24. Feb. 20, 1962- John ______Jr. becomes the first American in space
  25. ______orbited the earth 3 times before returning
  26. Kennedy’s promise would be remembered, and eventually fulfilled in ______
  27. The Bay of Pigs

Vocabulary: Compensation- payment

  1. In 1959, Communist leader Fidel ______over threw the US backed military dictator Fulgencio______
  2. Established the first ______state in the Western Hemisphere
  3. Strong economic and political ______between Castro and the USSR made the US ______- pressured Castro to cut ties with the Soviets
  4. Early 1960, Castro ______US companies without compensation
  5. Prompted the US ______that still exists today
  6. Training
  7. The Eisenhower administration had ordered the training of Cuban exiles in ______for a covert mission to overthrow Castro’s government and establish a regime more ______to the US
  8. Kennedy authorized the______shortly after his inauguration
  9. Determined to ______US involvement- planned invasion point for swampy ______known as the Bay of Pigs
  10. Invasion force of ______supported by 2 air strikes
  11. Success depended on Cuban ______joining the invasion force
  12. Mistakes
  13. April 15, 1961- B-26 bombs went to bomb Cuban airfields- ______their targets
  14. When the news got out and US ______was known, Kennedy ______the second strike
  15. The Invasion launched on April 17 and Cuban forces were ______for them
  16. Bad weather and late reinforcements led to ______
  17. 1200 ______, over 100 were killed.
  1. Aftermath of Bay of Pigs
  2. ______for America
  3. Massive ______paid for the prisoners- supplies valuing around ______million
  4. Left a ______on Kennedy’s presidency that he was determined to compensate for
  5. Led to further attempts to ______Cuba’s government
  6. Even some plans to assassinate ______
  7. The Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. October ______
  9. US spy planes photographed the construction of Soviet ______missile silos being constructed in ______
  10. In response, Kennedy issued a naval ______of Cuba to prevent the Soviets from placing further weaponry there
  11. US demanded the ______and destruction of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, but the nation was unsure how the USSR would______
  12. Realizing what was at stake, both leaders were willing to ______
  13. Officially, Soviets ______their missiles in exchange for a US promise not to ______Cuba
  14. Off the record, the Soviets also required the US remove their nuclear missiles from ______
  1. Aftermath of the Missile Crisis
  2. Afterward, several key decisions lessened ______between the US and USSR
  3. Although the ______was still on, Kennedy encouraged the nation to reconsider our ______of the Cold War and the stereotypes we had created
  4. 1963- a “______” direct telephone link between the White House and the______was established
  5. July 1963- Limited Nuclear Test Ban ______was signed
  6. June of 1963
  7. "For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all ______this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. “- Kennedy
  8. Tragedy
  9. November 22, ______- Kennedy was on the ______trail when he arrived in Dallas, Texas around noon
  10. As his motorcade rounded the corner, several ______rang out
  11. Little could be done for the President and he was declared ______within the hour
  12. Later revealed that the shooter was Lee Harvey ______
  13. His motives will always remain somewhat of a ______, but he was psychologically ______and enamored with left wing politics.
  14. Lyndon B. ______is sworn in as the next President of the United States