PRESENTATION OUTLINE
AMERICA INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM 1961
THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 1962
Henry Truman (1945-53)
Successes:
1) successfully ended ww2 victoriously 2) came up with Marshall Aid that helped European economies 3) successfully set up the United Nations 4) Fought communism in Korea 1950-1953 and helped keep it out of Greece and Turkey
Failures:
1) to end the cold war
Involvement:
1) NATO 2) Both peace conferences in 1946 post war
Joseph Stalin ( mid 1920s-1953)
Successes:
1) Taking over eastern Europe 2) Red Army that was fearful
3) Making cold war worse
Failures:
1) Cooperating with other nations
Involvements:
1) Both peace conferences 1945 post war 2) Berlin Blockade 3) COMINFORM 4) COMECON 5) Warsaw Pact 6) Korean War
Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Successes:
1) Signed civil rights bill of 1957 2) Signed Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 3) Ended Korean War
Failures:
1) Failed to end cold war
Involvement:
Korean War 1950-1953
Khrushchev ( 1953-1964)
Successes: 1) De-stalinazation ( made soviet society less repressive) 2) Approved Berlin Wall 3) Crushed Hungarian Revolt of 1956 4) Creation of nuclear hotline between US and Soviet after Cuban Missile Crisis
Failures:
1) To end the cold war
Involvement:
1) Cuban Missile Crisis
2) Berlin Wall 3) Hungarian Uprising
John F Kennedy ( 1961-1963)
Successes:
1) Initiated Project Apollo 2) Supported West Berlin after Berlin Wall 3) Created nuclear hotline with Soviet after Cuban Missile Crisis 4) Signed partial nuclear test ban treaty in order to limit nuclear tests by nuclear powers
Failures:
1) Bay of Pigs 1961 2) Involvement in Vietnam; US supported Ngo Dinh Diem as he oppressed many of his people, then US allowed him to be overthrown and killed
Involvement:
1) Berlin Wall 2) Cuban Missile Crisis 3) Vietnam involevement
Brezhnev ( 1964-1982)
Successes:
1) Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Failure:
1) Making cold war worse
Involvement :
1) Czechoslovakia in 1968
Johnson ( 1963-1969)
Successes:
1) Signed Immigration Act of 1965 2) Further involvement in Vietnam following Gulf of Tunkin Revolution from 16,000 soldiers to 550,000 in 1968
Failures:
1) Failed to see black Americans as equal
Involvement:
1) Vietnam
Nixon ( 1969-1974)
Successes:
1) Further involvement in Vietnam 2) Opened diplomatic relations with People Republic of China
3) Relaxed tensions with Soviet Union
Failures:
1) Watergate scandal ( Burglars stole important documents and he covered up )
Involvement:
1) Vietnam
Ford ( 1974-1977)
Successes:
1) Ended US involvement in Vietnam
Failures:
1) Pardoned Richard Nixon when everybody wanted him charged
Involvement:
1) Vietnam
