Module 13 Flashcards
In the 1962 cuban missle crisis
US orderd a naval and air blockade around cuba
Who was the author of “letter from birminham city jail” who warned that frusterated AA’s might turn violence and black nationalism
Martin Luther King Junior
Upon election what island country did kennedy have immidiate problems with
Cuba
During the bay of pigs operation, president John Kennedy decided to
withdraw military air support
In 1961, the freedom rides spomsored by CORE attempted to
force the dessegregation of bus stations
What made kennedy different from other presidents
he was younger
Cuban missle crisis ended after presedent john kennedy aggreed to
not invade cuba and withdrawl missles from turkey
Who was the main opponent of the US in the Cuban missle crisis
Khrushchev and the soviet state
MLK’s philosophy of protest stressed
nonviolent, passive resistance
