JFK

1. The Kennedy presidency 1961-63
• John F. Kennedy – rich democrat of Irish-
American descent.
• Big supporter of civil rights for the Black
community.
• Wanted to improve education by training
more teachers, improving classrooms and
ending segregation in schools and universities.
• He aimed to have a man on the moon by
1970.

2. Kennedys foreign policy
• He continued the policy of Communist
Containment and continued to send US
advisors to Vietnam
• His greatest test came in 1962: The Cuban
Missile Crisis.

3. The Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cuba is 160km off the coast of Florida.
• A lot of the land and industry in Cuba was owned by
Americans.
• In 1959 Cuba’s brutal dictator Batista was overthrown by a
revolution. He was replaced by Fidel Castro.
• At first the U.S. were happy about this until they realised
that Castro wanted to turn Cuba into a Communist
country.
• America stopped trading with Cuba and refused to buy
their sugar – this was a big blow to Cuba’s economy.