John F. Kennedy served as president from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. His presidency was dubbed "Camelot" and aimed to foster a New Frontier of economic reform. Kennedy met with Khrushchev to discuss Berlin but two months later the Berlin Wall was erected. The failed Bay of Pigs invasion aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba but ended with Cuban forces being killed or captured. The Cuban Missile Crisis, where the Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war until a deal was struck for the Soviets to remove the missiles.

1. JOHN F. KENNEDY
(JFK)

2. Presidency
• His time in office was dubbed “Camelot”
because with Kennedy’s inauguration the
nation had hope of a new beginning, like
the legend of King Arthur and his court.
• JFK presented a program for reform,
called the New Frontier, that would foster
the development of capitalism
• Create the idea of Americanization in
foreign countries which meant that they
were taught English, US History,
government and culture

3. • In the 1960s Kennedy met with
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
in Vienna to discuss the city of
Berlin; two months later the Berlin
Wall was erected
• Nov. 22, 1963; while campaigning
in Dallas JFK was assassinated
by Lee Harvey Oswald

4. Bay of Pigs
• Early in his administration he authorized
the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
• The Bay of Pigs operation was an
Eisenhower administration plan, that JFK
did not know about till becoming
President.
• The goal of the invasion was to start a
rebellion against Fidel Castro ending with
his removal.
• Plan called for the use of exiled Cuban
men, trained by the CIA. Upon getting to
Cuban that would have received US
military aid.
• Invasion ended with failure with much of
the exiled forces being captured or killed

5. Cuban Missile Crisis
• The most intense moment of JFK’s
administration occurred during the
Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Crisis occurred over the
installation of nuclear-armed Soviet
missiles in Cuba, in October 1962
• During the Crisis, leaders of the U.S.
and the Soviet Union engaged in a
tense, 13-day political and military
standoff in

6. • After Kennedy addressed the nation
on Oct. 22, most people feared the
world was on the brink of nuclear war
• disaster was avoided when the U.S.
agreed to Soviet leader Khrushchev's
offer to remove the Cuban missiles in
exchange for the U.S. promising not
to invade Cuba; secretly the US had
to remove missiles from Turkey