Cold War Continues

Nixon's crooked past

JFK's father's connections with the mafia

TV showing the presidential debates

Kennedy's promise of another New Deal

He liked the Soviet Union.

He was a communist.

He had been trained by the CIA.

He took land owned by US companies.

They could be used to bomb US allies in the Caribbean.

They could directly reach much of the US mainland.

They could keep the US from using a nuclear bomb to oust Castro.

It wasn't technically a blockade, but a quarantine.

They didn't want to upset the Soviets.

A blockade is an act of war - they would be the aggressors.

Many think the world almost ended.

It was a brilliant diplomatic success for Kennedy.

It was a great show of compromise and camaraderie.

Medicare

Clean Air Act

War on Poverty

Social Security

They're still isolationists.

The circumstances in the Gulf of Tonkin are questionable.

They don't like warm weather.

They don't believe the president should have the power.

Sports become more popular.

Presidents have to look (kind of) good.

People learn more truths about war.

People can actually hear the presidents' voices.

Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

Michael Collins

Yuri Gagarin