Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion , the Cuban Missile Crisis , the Space Race-by initiating Project Apollo ( which would culminate in the moon landing ) , the building of the Berlin Wall , the African-American Civil Rights Movement , and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War .
Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion , the Cuban Missile Crisis , the building of the Berlin Wall , the Space Race , the African American Civil Rights Movement and early stages of the Vietnam War .