HISTORY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Cuban Missile Crisis, The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan
11 Nov 2016
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Sputnik (1957) ussr launched this unmanned satellite into space, 1st case of space exploration, jfk used sputnik to urge that republicans had allowed the us to fall behind in the. Cold war, jfk would campaign on sending a man to the moon, represents kennedy"s emphasis on the cold war in his campaign for the presidency in 1960. Bay of pigs (1961) kennedy assisted cuban rebels who staged a failed invasion attempting to overthrow fidel castro"s communist regime, despite its failure, 76% of americans approved of. Kennedy after the invasion, was followed by covert affairs under the title of operation. Protestant-catholic-jew (1955) written by will herberg, emphasized the idea the protestants, Catholics, and jews had a shared set of values, that contrasted with atheistic communism , represented the cold war push to ease differences between religious sects, that can be perceived in kennedy"s presidency.
