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Bay of Pigs Invasion
A CIA-backed invasion of Cuba by counter-revolutionaries ends in failure.
Intended to overthrow the revolutionary left wing government of Fidel Castro
Severed the country's formerly strong links with the U.S. by expropriating their economic assets and developing links with the Soviet Union, with whom the U.S. was then embroiled in the Cold War -
Alliance For Progress
Aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
Goals of this alliance:
Increase of 2.5% in per capita income.
Establishment of democratic governments
Reasons the program failed:
Latin American nations were unwilling to implement needed reforms, particularly in land reform.
Presidents after Kennedy were less supportive of the program.
The amount of money was not enough for an entire hemisphere: $20 billion averaged out to only $10 per Latin American. -
Kennedy's visit to Berlin
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/jfk-berliner.htm
Kennedy purpose to visit Berlin was to challenge Soviet oppression and offer hope to the people of the divided city. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
The Soviets back down and agree to withdraw their nuclear missiles from Cuba, in exchange for a secret agreement by Kennedy pledging to withdraw similar American missiles from Turkey, and guaranteeing that the US will not move against the Castro regime.
This impacts there policy because kennedy stated he didnt want no involvement in war. -
Kennedy is assassinated
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/viet14.htm Kennedy wanted to withdraw troops from vietnam but didnt want to publicly announce the withdraw. The (NSAM) NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM later then released the document where Kennedy discusses the situation about Vietnam and the withdrawel of the troops after he was assassinated.
