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JFK was born in Massachusets, Brooklyn -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
Defeated the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, by fewer than 119,000 votes -
Alliance for Progress
The goals of The Alliance for Progress was to satisy the basic need of the American people,for home, work, land, health, and schools. -
Bay of pigs invasion
Lessons Learned Bay of Pigs InvasionThe Bay of Pigs invasion is related to America's position on communism because at the time The Soviet Union was spreading communism and Eisenhower wanted to put it to a end. When John F. Kennedy became president, he was expected to carry out the plan, and he did. Unfortunately it didn't work out, JFK refused to send our troops to Cuba and Castro's men captured the exiles and killed 140 of them. -
jfk visits berlin
In June 1961, President John F. Kennedy traveled to Vienna, Austria, for a summit with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Not only was the summit unsuccessful in its goal of building trust, but it also increased tensions between the two superpowers—particularly in discussions regarding the divided city of Berlin.During the summit, Khrushchev threatened to cut off Allied access to West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day conference between Cuba and the Soviet Union on one side and the United States on the other.It was one of the major conferences of the Cold War and is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came its closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
kennedy assanation
-John F. Kennedy visited Dalls, TX because he was losing popularity after the involvement he had in the civil rights movement-While riding in an open hood car, Kennedy was shot in the head by Lee Harvey Oswald
