US+Foreign+Policy


 * Kennedy's Theory to Opposing Communism
 * "The Domino Theory"
 * If one country falls to Communism, the surrounding countries will also fall, just like dominoes
 * Cuban Missile Crisis -John F. Kennedy
 * American U-2 spy planes took photographs of a Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile site under construction in Cuba
 * Kennedy set up a naval blockade around Cuba to keep them from receiving supplies from the Soviets
 * Kennedy also demanded that the missiles be removed and the construction sight be destroyed
 * The U.S. waited thirteen days to see how the Soviets would respond
 * Wanting to prevent nuclear war, Soviet leader Khrushchev turned his ships back

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 * Bay of Pigs -JFK
 * The U.S. wanted to overthrow Fidel Castro
 * U.S.-trained Cuban insurgents were to invade Cuba and instigate an uprising among the Cuban people
 * The Cubans however, fought back and it looked as if the U.S. was going to lose
 * President Kennedy had the option of using the U.S. Air Force, but decided against it
 * As a result, Castro held off Kennedy's invasion
 * This defeat was an embarrassment to Kennedy, and it made Castro forever wary of the U.S.
 * Vietnam War under John F. Kennedy
 * After Eisenhower, Kennedy increased American aid and increased the amount of military officials
 * During the last few weeks of Kennedy's life, he was determining the involvement of the U.S
 * On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated
 * No one knows if Kennedy would have got more involved in the U.S. or if he would have withdrew the military
 * Vietnam War under Lyndon B. Johnson
 * When Johnson came into presidency, he increased the U.S. aid during Vietnam
 * In February 1965, Johnson authorized U.S. combat troupes and he began the bombing of North Vietnam
 * A few days after the bombing of North Vietnam, Johnson authorized the program called Rolling Thunder. This program was a series of bombings.
 * In April 1965, Johnson sent a battalion of U.S. marines to Da Nang
 * In May, Johnson urged Congress to fund the U.S. effort in Vietnam
 * In June, Johnson gave permission for American troops to begin ground combat operations in Vietnam
 * In 1968 North Vietnam bombed cities in South Vietnam. These attacks were known as the Tet Offensive
 * The Tet Offensive was a way for the U.S. to bargain with North Vietnam
 * The Tet Offensive was not a military defeat, but it took down Johnson.
 * Lyndon B. Johnson did not run for President again