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Cuba in the Cold War: Guadalupe 4/9/13 SS-3
Guadalup
4/9/13
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War ended!
In 1950, the war of South Korea & North Korea ended with a cease fire. -
Taking over gov.
Gneral Fulgencio Batista took over Cuban governent in a coup -
Castro took control
Batista fled Cuba, & Castro's group took control of the nation. -
2nd term
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 2nd term was ending, Cold War continued. -
Election
People had to choose a new leader to help the country navigate throught the growing tensions b/t the US and the Soviet Union -
Bay of pigs
A force of 1,500 cuban exiles invaded the bay of pigs, to overthrow the revoluntionary gov. of Castro(planned by the US).But Castro's fprces captured/imprisoned 1,100 of those cuban exiles, Castro finally agreed to let the exiles free in exchange of 50 million dollars in food & medicine. -
US takes action!
A poll showed that 1/5 of americans beleeived that WWII was coming soon. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was cause b/c of the bay of pigs. It had left the US in embrassment, so the US gov. kept watching Cuba closely. They than used they're top secret U-2 spy plans to illegally fly over and photograph the island.
