Unit 9: Kennedy & Johnson's Administration

A failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by U.S.-trained exiles attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro’s communist government.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Communist Revolt

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program aimed at reducing poverty, improving education, and promoting civil rights.

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• New Deal

• Square Deal

A U.S. program started in 1961 that sends volunteers abroad to assist in education, health, and economic development.

• U.S. Institute of Peace

• Peace Corps

• International Peace Institute

• United Nations

A set of programs launched by President Johnson to reduce poverty and increase economic opportunity in the U.S.

• War on Poverty

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• New Deal

A barrier built by East Germany in 1961 to prevent East Berliners from fleeing to West Berlin; symbolized Cold War divisions of Communist East and Democratic  West.

• Iron Curtain

• Satellite Nations

• Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Wall

A 1962 Cold War standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, ending with their removal in exchange for a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba and a secret deal to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.

• Bay of Pigs

• The Cold War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty