Crisis Over Berlin (Containing Castro) - Lecture Notes

Crisis over Berlin: 1958 = khruscheu would threatened to sign a peace treaty, making West Berlin a Suitable route for East Germany. Kennedy: "It will be a cold winter" in response to peace treaty. L Freaked out and called 150,000 to arms. • kruscheu felt they were the Berlin Wall. getting nowhere and constructed kruscheu made a speech, calling for aid by China, but kennedy saw it as a race For Asia and Latin America. Kennedy tried bribing both Asia and L.America. • was sending aid to Ho Chi Minh and their leader was over- thrown for some reason. The Fate of Vietnam would be determined by the Vietnamese. Containing Castro: The Bay of Pigs Fiasco.. • Kennedy blames Republicans for "allowing" Sputnik to happen. Eisenhower had trained Cuban exiles to approach the Bay of Pigs e South coast of Cuba. They were called off last minute by kennedy and Fidel destroyed. the ground forces. And kennedy didn't let up. Containing Castro: The Cuban Missle Crisis kruschev was building their nuclear silos and insisted they were. only for defense against American invasion. kennedy Quarantine Cuba and not allow them to receive nuclear missies anymore and possibly invade to dismantle. → kruscheu promised to remove missies as long as us did- n't invade Cuba. Also had to remove missies in Turkey. But Robert kennedy told him to accept first part only. →Crisis was avoided and JFK's approval ratings were through the roof and we believed we were in superiority to the Soviet Union. * A direct line from Washington to Moscow was made and there was a test ban treaty, which limited nuclear tests. (above ground). Kennedy became a man of diplomacy. • But the crisis would lead to an arms race. The New Frontier e Home: kennedy was always young and challenged his own party under the banner The New Frontier. -It excited young to become politically active. Kennedy was known as the New Lancelot who would rely on intellectual Senate seats to progress the nation. The Congressional Obstacle and Economic Advance! kennedy's efforts on health care and education were Capitol Hill. Opposed to Reform. Stalled on Lo Caused the death of The New Frontier. So kennedy moved his focus from domestic issues/reform to economic vitality in efforts to surpass Soviet Union. Believed advancing our technology would stimulate spending. Stimulation came from defense and space. * kennedy got pissed off by Steel workers, even though in reality. kennedy didn't even know that much about economy. Walter Heller, DID know economics and proposed a massive tax cut, which would definitely lead to an economic aduance. Kennedy became more legislative. Successful w/ economics rather than Personal income rose as well as cost of living and corporate gain, mean ecological and social problems began to escalate. Moving Slowly on Civil Rights: kennedy promised to attack the civil issues in the South. Sent his brother to accomplish Eisenhower's agenda. But they couldn't make social issues a priority for the FBI. 1961-CORE-sponsored a on interstate commerce. "Freedom ride" = outlawing segregation Angry whites attacked the caravan, demanding Federal force. → Segregation was banned and civil rights activists were included in the voting drive. James Meredith black person that applied to an all-white university and was admitted, despite violent attacks. I have a dream" MLKJ Forced kennedy to make a stand. Created one of the largest protest movements. →Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor wanted to crush the movement. Bull would bring a huge force to break up the movt. The coachella of the Civil rights movement was the March on Washington, would be where MLK Spoke. To many, JFK didn't Fulfill his promise to solve executive issues and social matters. →JFK decided to be a fox rather than a lion on civil rights. The Supreme Court and Reform: ← Oddly, the SC sparked an interest in the civil rights. Yates vs. United States = reversed the conviction because communists weren't plotting to overthrow the gou't. The Supreme court then got Arthur Goldberg, a liberal that would bring devoted attention to civil rights. Gideon v Wainright Escobedov Illinois. Miranda v Arizona Baker v Carr