CNN: “The Sixties”Episode 2: “World on The Brink”

1. Define & Paraphrase “palpable”

2. What is the spyplane called?

3. What’s the name of the US pilot shot down?

4. Define & paraphrase demoralization

5. How does the historian describe kennedy’s goals and objectives upon entering the Presidency?

6. Google: “Now let the capitalist countries catch up”

7. Where did Castro & Krushchev meet for the first time? (City, and location)

8. Describe the “Bay of Pigs” invasion. Who was involved/who were the rebels? Who led the rebels? And who won; Castro, or the rebels?

9. On What date did Krushchev explode his Atomic Bomb test?

10.What is Kennedy’s answer to the soviet military build-up in Cuba?

11. Describe the agreement/outcome of the Cuban missile Crisis

12.Where & when did Kennedy give his “Peace Speech”?