The Berlin Wall, 1961
- People fleeing to West (Brain Drain)
- Khrushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin - Kennedy increase strength - Khrushchev puts wall between west and east -Said they put up a wall to stop people from coming to West Berlin -Really to keep people in East Berlin Kennedy was the first president to visit East Berlin - He was there to tell them that they were a free person and that he was a free person and he was there for also from Berlin - Also that he was a doughnut (Ich bin ein Berliner) |
_SummaryBoth leaders agreed in peaceful coexistence but the Berlin wall proved them both to be hypocrites
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
-Up until 1959 Cuba was used by the mob as a sort if "playground"
-Fidel Castro formed a revolution that formed an up rising -Cuban revolution 1959 -Major loss for The USA and the Mob -Fidel Castro was backed by Soviet union An attempt -The Bay of Pigs fails because Kennedy pulled the air support - Failed to invade and noticed Soviets putting nuclear weapons -Kennedy has multiple choices when it came to dealing with Cuba - He chose to blockaded seas - 2 Letters were sent from Khrushchev to Kennedy - It was decided that the Soviet would moves out of Cuba and in 6 months time the US would pull out missiles in Turkey |
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The USA could not take the chances letting Cuba become Communist because that meant that their enemies was at their doorstep
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