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Red scare
Belif that doviet union was attempting to spread communism world wide -
Duck and cover
For children at schools that didn't know what to do when the bomb goes off. -
Julius and ethel rosenburg
Acused of giving the secrets of the Atomic bomb found guilty -
Fidel castro
Claimed he wanted to establish a regime that promoted political liberties and moderate reforms. Castro’s first revolution attempt, in the summer of 1953, failed and he was put in jail. -
invasion
December 1956, in an invasion that they hoped would lead to a victory.. Although the invasion failed. -
Cuba missle
As a result, by the early 1960s, many Americans were living in fear of a nuclear attack. The Cuban Missile Crisis intensified these fears. Would missiles from Cuba land on U.S. shores at any minute? -
Assault
Beginning in March 1960, the CIA trained people who opposed Castro for the assault. The entire operation was to be highly secret, but the secret was poorly kept. Stories about it appeared in Cuban newspapers. -
Bay of pigs
On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast. A Cuban force of 20,000 easily overwhelmed the invaders, capturing about 1,100 men and imprisoning them. -
Cuba soviet union
In 1962, intelligence reports noted a dramatic increase in the cooperation between Cuba and the Soviet Union. Shipments of cargo from the Soviet Union to Cuba increased dramatically through the year, from an average of 14 per month to 28 per month in August and then to 46 per month in September. The CIA suspected these shipments included weapons.