~PEACE CORPS - Established on March 1, 1961, was a program by the U.S government. It's purpose is providing assistance to other countries in need.
~BAY OF PIGS (1961) - When Cuban refugees landed in Cuba and attempted to overturn Fidel Castro, the communist government.
~CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (1962) - Between the U.S and the Soviet Union concerning the Soviet missiles in Cuba. It was the closest the Cold War came to becoming a nuclear war.
~"NEW FRONTIER" - JFK's domestic program. Promised to enact reform in education, health care and civil rights.
~NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY - The U.S, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed a treaty which prohibited the testing and use of any nuclear weapons.
~BAY OF PIGS (1961) - When Cuban refugees landed in Cuba and attempted to overturn Fidel Castro, the communist government.
~CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (1962) - Between the U.S and the Soviet Union concerning the Soviet missiles in Cuba. It was the closest the Cold War came to becoming a nuclear war.
~"NEW FRONTIER" - JFK's domestic program. Promised to enact reform in education, health care and civil rights.
~NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY - The U.S, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed a treaty which prohibited the testing and use of any nuclear weapons.