2. 1960 Male name Percent Female name Percent
1 David 3.9667% Mary 2.4750%
2 Michael 3.8871% Susan 1.8846%
3 James 3.5486% Linda 1.7942%
4 John 3.5146% Karen 1.7493%
5 Robert 3.3408% Donna 1.6408%
6 Mark 2.7122% Lisa 1.6207%
7 William 2.2785% Patricia 1.5438%
8 Richard 2.0109% Debra 1.2856%
9 Thomas 1.8144% Cynthia 1.2847%
10 Steven 1.5653% Deborah 1.2151%
11 Timothy 1.4073% Sandra 1.1815%
12 Joseph 1.3733% Barbara 1.1754%
13 Charles 1.3705% Brenda 1.1518%
14 Jeffrey 1.3309% Pamela 1.0623%
15 Kevin 1.3104% Nancy 1.0529%
16 Kenneth 1.2780% Sharon 0.9819%
17 Daniel 1.1990% Cheryl 0.9194%
18 Paul 1.1840% Elizabeth 0.9065%
3. 1960
• Cold War – Space race between U.S and Soviet
Union
• Presidential Election year – Kennedy vs. Nixon
• Soviet Union begins stockpiling nuclear weapons
• Americans begin calling for greater civil rights
5. • Televised Debate – 1st
ever – Kennedy appears
confident, at ease – appeals to public
– Nixon seemed tense, nervous
– Big help to Kennedy’s campaign in a close election
6. Kennedy wins by less than 119,000
votes
• Televised debate helped campaign in a close
election
– Helped him overcome his age, 43, and religion
(Catholic)
• Civil Rights – Kennedy and brother Robert
(Attorney General) supported MLK
• Gain votes from African Americans
20. Closest we ever came to nuclear war
• Soviet ships stopped or turned back
• Kruschev agrees to remove missiles from Cuba
if:
1.U.S. agreed not to invade Cuba
2.Remove our missiles from Turkey
21.
22. Hot Line
• Created a “Hot Line”
– Phone line between White House and Kremlin
• Krushchev vows to build a stronger military
– Soviets begin massive military build-up
– U.S. does the same
• Starts the “arms race” again
23. History Channel Video
• http://www.history.com/topics/u2-spy-
incident/videos#cuban-missile-crisis
24.
25. Crisis in Berlin
• Many begin fleeing from
Communist Eastern
Germany
• USSR tries to close off
access to West Berlin
• U.S. protests
• In response the Berlin
wall is built
26. Berlin Wall
• Becomes symbol of Cold
war division of Europe
• Built to stop the flow of
people escaping
communist East Germany
30. • Couple whose love was stronger than Berlin Wall
• http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/berlin-wall-
anniversary/meet-couple-whose-love-was-
stronger-berlin-wall-n241726
38. Writing Assignment
• Pretend you are either a West Berliner (free)
or East Berliner (communist)
• Write a short journal entry
• What do you see?
• What do you do?
• How do you feel about the wall?
42. Economy
• Increased spending on defense
• Increased minimum wage to $1.25/hr
• Extended unemployment insurance
• Provided assistance to cities with high
unemployment
43. International Policy
• Created Peace Corps – volunteer assistance to
developing nations – many recent college
graduates joined
44. Space RaceSpace Race
• Sputnik I
– Oct. 4, 1957
– Soviets first in space
• Explorer I
– Jan. 31, 1958
– USA finally moves into
space
45. Space Race, cont.Space Race, cont.
• April 1961 Russia puts
first man in space, Yuri
Gargarin
• U.S. believed reputation
depended on supremacy
in space
• Kennedy vows to send
first man to the moon
46. • First American in Space
– Alan Shepard - May
1961
• 115 miles up
• 16 min flight
• 5 min of weightlessness
47. space program has several stagesspace program has several stages
• Mercury project-1 man in ship
48. John Glenn, 1st American to orbit theJohn Glenn, 1st American to orbit the
Earth, 1962Earth, 1962
1998 - 77 years old1998 - 77 years old
49. Gemini Project – 2 men in ship
• Ed White, 1st
American to
walk in Space
