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Usually underground in the 1950's during the fear of nuclear war.
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Nucler drill that was taught in schools from the 1950's to 1980's. It told the to duck and use their desk to protect them. And it taught them to duck and cover where ever they were, 'Duck and cover like Bert'.
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Castro's first revolution attempt in the Sommer of 1953 failed, and he was put in jail
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The U.S. stopped selling arms to Batista.
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Batista fled cuba and Castro's group took control of the nstion
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Beifef that the Soviet Union was attempting to spread communism world wide, including the U.S.
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All political and economic relations between the United States and Cuba had ended.
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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. Eventually, the U.S. government secured the release of these prisoners by paying a ransom of $53 million in medicine and food.
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Concerns about Cuba and its close relations with the Soviet Union had led President Kennedy to try to overthrow the Cuban government.
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In 1962, intelligence reports noted a dramatic increase in the cooperation between Cuba and the Soviet Union. The CIA suspected these shipments included weapons.
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The adminsitration knew with certainty that Cuba had the missiles and launching capacity to attack the U.S.
