2/4 and 8.7 continued (JFK Presidency)
Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 7- America as a World Power Student Learning Objective - Explain the various military and diplomatic responses to international developments over time. 60 Second Presidents- JFK What are the most important things about JFK? Lecture and discussion- KEEP UP and ask questions! New Frontier Open Skies Proposal? 1960- U2 Incident Peace Corps Alliance for Progress "The Best and the Brightest" Flexible Response 1961- Bay of Pigs Invasion -Why do this? -What went wrong? -What are the repercussions? 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis -How does the US know? -Why does the USSR do it? -Why does Castro accept? -What does JFK give as an ultimatum? -What military force does the USA exert? -What is the outcome? film clips- 1963- JFK assassination What do we know happened? What is a theory and why? HW- American Pageant Stormy Sixties Quiz is Friday. February 13