History Wood JFK & Cold War
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Brinksmanship | Pushing to the edge of war Military threat usually using nuclear weapons Escalate threats to get what you want |
| U-2 Spy Plane | Brain child of CIA High speed and altitude Took pictures |
| Paris Peace Summit 1960 | Meeting planned in May 1960 Paris for Eisenhower and Khrushchev to discuss the "brain drain" caused by people fleeing East Berlin for the West-- as well as other tensions. It never happened because a U-2 plan was shot down, increasing U.S.-Soviet tensions. |
| Berlin Wall | East Germany constructs wall to divide Berlin JFK visits Berlin in 1963 "... democracy may not be perfect but we don't have to build a wall to keep our people in..." |
| NASA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight |
| Sputnik | 1st satellite sent into orbit by USSR Launched the "Space Race" Led to US starting NASA |
| Apollo 13 | America's failed mission to the moon. |
| Bay of Pigs | US Gov't supported Cuban expatriots They attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro They fail miserably Makes JFK look bad |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Oct. 1962 - "13 Days" U-2 pictures of "nukes" in Cuba US blockades Cuba to prevent USSR putting "nukes" in Cuba Closest USA/USSR ever got to WWIII JFK wins |
| John F. Kennedy | 1st minority president - Irish Catholic 2nd youngest president Harvard graduate Served in WWII- PT 109 US Navy |
| Jacqueline Kennedy | first lady of JFK, contributed to sense of glamor, youth, and energy that surrounded Kennedy's presidency |
| Nikita Kruschev | Stalin dies 1953 Hard line communist Berlin wall, U-2 spy plane, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Peace Corps | JFK's program to let Americans volunteer 3rd world nations Health care Education Farming Construction |
| Nuclear Test Ban | JFK urges the stoppage of tests on new nuclear Not on ground, under water, or in the atmosphere U.S., England, and USSR sign |
| Kenny O'Donnell | JFK's right hand man |
| Robert F. Kennedy | one of two younger brothers of US President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 |
| Robert McNamara | Secretary of Defense under JFK & LBJ; expanded American involvement in Vietnam |
| Gen. Maxwell Taylor | Joint Chiefs of Staff member who wants to intensify US military actions in vietnam |
| Adlai Stevenson | U.S. ambassador to the United Nations |
| Gen. Curtis Lemay | SAC's 2nd commander from 1948-1957, emphasized rigorous training, exacting performance standards, and immediate readiness. |
| Andrei Gromyko | Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989) |
| Anatoly Dobrinyn | He was Soviet Ambassador to the United States, serving from 1962 to 1986 and most notably during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was appointed by Nikita Khrushchev. |
| "quarantine" | forced isolation |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | Assassination of JFK in Dallas former Marine, kicked out on section 8 Renounces US citizenship and moves to Russia Marries Marina Nikolayayana Prusuchkova Returns to Fort Worth Texas, where he attempts to assassinate a general Arresested in New Orleans passing out pamphlets for Castro Returns to Dallas via Mexico City Gets a job at the Texas Book Depository Assassinates JFK nov. 22nd Arrested later that day in movie theatre Shot by Jack Ruby on Nov. 24th |
| Jack Ruby | Night club owner, small time mobster Shoots Oswald on live TV as Oswald is moved into Federal custody Nov. 24th |
| Marina Prusakova | Oswald's Russian wife |
| Dealey Plaza | west end of Dallas where JFK was shot |
| Warren Commission | Led by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren 888 page report on who shot JFK and why Concluded Oswald acted alone, and Ruby acted alone in killing Oswald Debates conclusion yet allowed the US to move forward |
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