"It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night"
- Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara

TODAY'S PLAN​

• Today in History (April 14th)
  • In 1828 Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.
  • In 1865 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
  • In 1912 the Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning.
• Today in History (April 15th)
  • In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops.
  • In 1947 Jackie Robinson made his Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored the game-winning run.
  • In 2013 two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon killing 3 people and injuring 170 others.
• Play Kahoot game to review the Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Intelligence Packets
  • Cuban Missile Crisis Questions
    • These should be answered in your notebooks . . . use letters below to answer questions.
  • Primary Documents
    • Doc A
    • Doc B
    • Doc C
  • Watch JFK video on the Cuban Missile Crisis

TODAY'S OBJECTIVES

• Understand how close we were to going to war with the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba.
• Be able to explain why both sides were on edge during this Cuban Missile Crisis.