2-20 Bay of Pigs. Vienna Meeting. Green Berets. Berlin Wall.

Notes were taken:

1.       Vienna: Kruschev and Kennedy (June 1961)

Nikita Krushchev and John F. Kennedy met in Vienna to talk foreign policy!

BIG POINT: Berlin

When Kennedy returned, he increased spending on national defense and required more men to be drafted.

2.       Green Berets (1961)

Kennedy increased the capability of the Department of Defense.

Kennedy decided that each branch of military should have a specialized force.

3.       Berlin Wall  (August 13^th, 1961)

“Brain drain” was occurring. People fleeing communist society.

A wall was built that surrounded West Berlin.

The Berlin Wall split roads down the middle and even kept families apart!

Worksheet assignment was given.