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Fidel Castro
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Korean War
War that was between North and South Korea that led for the United nations led by the U.S. who fought for South and China who fought for the North to join in. -
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Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. -
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Guatemala elects jacobo Arbenz
Arbenz promissed to reduce dependency on foriegn markets and influences of foriegn corporations over Guatemalan politics,supported by the army and the left-wing political parties, including the Guatemalan Communist Party. -
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba
Fidel Castro launched a bid for Cuba’s House of Representatives, but the election never happened afterwards Fulgencio Batista squashed it after staging a coup and seizing power -
Castro Presidency
Castro became a candidate for a seat in Cuba's House of Representatives during the election of June 1952 -
Arbenz's agrarian reform was approved in 1952
Arbenz enacted radical agarian reform program, this empowered the government to expropriate uncultivated portions of large plantations. -
John Foster Dulles is Secretary of State
John served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He fought against communism during the cold war era. He created many treaties and alliances that reflected this point of view. -
Khrushchev Comes to Power in the Soviet Union
The Soviet government picked Nikita Khrushchev as one of the five men to be in the new office of Secretariat of the Communist Party. This was a crucial first step in his rise to power in the Soviet Union.This advanced him to being named the secretary of the Communist Party in September 1953. -
Rosenberg Spy case
Two couples Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage ,which led to a death sentence in the electric chair. They were believed of heading a spy ring that gave top secret information on the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.they pleaded their innocence but a trial was held in March but they were convicted and sent to sing sing prison in New York. Many Americans thought of them as being innocent . they were executed in June 1953. -
Fidel Castro attack
Castro launched his own offensive with more than 100 men who stormed the Moncada army barracks in 1953. The attack had failed and Castro was sentence to 15 years in prison. -
U.S overthrows IRanian government
Aug 19, 1953
CIA Back Iranian Coup The CIA agents overthrow Mohammed Mossadegh . He was a democratically elected leader and was the one that nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Britain's largest overseas asset. After overthrowing Mossadegh they placed Shah Reza Pahlavi as ruler of Iran. -
McCarthyism
Lead by Senator McCarthy a republican and a anti-communist .Given control of personnel policy at the state department by the president.He was known for charging dozens of Americans for being supposedly communist.Because of this
the state department lost a number of Asian specialist. This came to an end when he said that there were communists in the U.S. Army. -
McCarthyism
Lead by Senator McCarthy a republican and a anti-communist .Given control of personnel policy at the state department by the president.He was known for charging dozens of Americans for being supposedly communist.Because of this
the state department lost a number of Asian specialist. This came to an end when he said that there were communists in the U.S. Army. -
Fidel Castro
Batista ordered Castro release from prison after Castro ended up in Mexico, where he would plan another coup attempt. -
Hungarians Overthrow Communist Government
The Communist Party in Hungary recognized the rising as legitimate, and the Communist leader who supported Hungarian national aspirations then, Imre Nagy, who had been executed by Khrushchev's regime, was exonerated and given a proper burial. -
Hungarian Secret Police
The AVO (Allamvedelmi Osztaly) was Hungary’s State Security Agency a much hated and much feared secret police. The work of the AVO was one of the main causes of the Hungarian Uprising. During the uprising, men known to be in the AVO were publicly lynched in Budapest in front of large crowds and money stuffed into their mouths. The work of the AVO created a constant climate of fear along with the economic climate that existed in Hungary, spilled over into outright rebellion. -
Sputnik Launched
This was the first American satellite. It was in a low Earth orbit and was launched by the Soviet Union. It was made of metal and 58cm with 4 external broadcasting antennas.
