Intercontinental ballistic missile

The United States had been using a spy plane for several years flying over the Soviet Union it started in 1953. But, it wasn’t until May 1, 1960 that the plane was shot down by a missile the Soviets shot. When the plane was shot down the Soviets had captured the pilot, Francis Powers and was put sentenced to prison for ten years, because he was captured he had to reveal what the U.S. was doing with the search. This caused a clash between both the Soviets and the U.S. and the allies that emerged…

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. He is viewed as one of the greatest leaders our country has ever had. He was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second born of nine children to his parents Joseph and Rose Kennedy. John grew up in a wealthy family. Both of his grandfathers were prominent Boston politicians and his father was a successful businessman with a degree from Harvard. Each summer, he spent time at the family’s…

John F. Kennedy, being the youngest president ever at the time and also the first to be born in the 20th century, was a reflection on his success as well. Kennedy was one of the first presidents to favor desegregation, most exemplified by his admission of Thurgood Marshall into the U.S. Supreme Court. Although Kennedy’s support of desegregation did not necessarily turn into federal law or any tangible outcome it assumedly led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 enacted under Lyndon B. Johnson.…

years leading up to and during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The evaluation of the two countries will dwell into war time reporting, retrospective analysis, opinion polls, and the opinions of relatives of the leaders, among other aspects of the crisis. Newspaper articles will be used to assess the differing reactions of the press, while books and interviews will provide invaluable retrospective analysis. Two sources, “Soviet Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis from Nikita Khrushchev’s…

On January 20, 1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office to become the 35th president of the United States. At the time Kennedy’s inaugural speech was given, America had been faced with a major threat from the Soviet Union, as the Cold War between these two world superpowers had heightened. JFK’s goal was to preserve peace but in the event of a global crisis, he wanted to ensure that the country was unified into a strong force not to be reckoned with. Many opposed JFK and felt for…

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S and the Soviet Union started in an intense 13-day political and military fight in October in 1962 over the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. October 22, 1962, President John. F Kennedy notified citizens about the missiles, then explained his decision to make a naval blockade around Cuba and made it clear that the United States was prepared…

The legacy of Bay of Pigs The battle of bay of pigs started on April 17, 1961 (History.com). The bay of pigs of 1961 was a huge fail it made America look bad (History.com). The attack on cuba was suppose to stop communist on that island (U.S. History). Fidel Castro the leader for cuba was a very strong man and smart. At this time the president was John F Kennedy he sent the attack on the cubans that turned out to be a big failure (Awesome stories). It was one of the worse mistakes that United…

approximately $1.126 trillion over the next fifty years, according to Cuban government estimates” ("Timeline: U.S.-Cuba Relations"). Also during Kennedy’s presidency was the Cuban Missile Crisis, which took place from October 14, 1962 to October 28, 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis refers to when the U.S. satellites discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba and in response ordered a naval blockade on Cuba that lasted thirteen days. The last major act of the sixties involving Cuba came in 1966 when…

communism due to the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War in the 1950s, and also Berlin Crisis in 1961, increased the tension between the anti-communist America and the communist Soviet Union. Unlike some other conflicts during the Cold War, the Cuban missile Crisis in 1962 was not only the direct, intense conflict between America and the Soviet Union, but was also one of the closest moments to a start of a worldwide nuclear war, and it…

Herman Kahn a preeminent futurist once remarked “Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.” Through this quote Kahn portrays an underlying theme of fear of destruction caused by The Cold War. The Cold War was a multi-decade long conflict between the U.S and USSR. To show their superiority both sides showed power through a nuclear arms race. Humanity evoked a tense attitude because of the probability of a nuclear war was…