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Bay of pigs invasion
1n 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The us government distrusted Castro and was wary of this relationship with Nikiti Khrushchev the leader of the soviet union.
President Eisenhower approved the program in march 1960. the CIA set up training camps I Guatemala and by November the operation had trained a small army for an assault landing and guerilla warfare. -
alliance for progress
President John F. Kennedy proposes a 10-year, multibillion-dollar aid program for Latin America. The program came to be known as the Alliance for Progress and was designed to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, which had been severely damaged in recent years. -
Kennedy visit to berlin
Two yeas after the contraction of the berlin wall, president Kennedy paid a historic visit to challenge soviet oppression and offer hope to the people of the divide city. -
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a major test for containment. Containment was the policy that was to try and prevent the USSR from spreading further into the world. The policy first came into action on 12th March 1947 when Truman made a speech. Kennedy later used this in 1962 when he formed a blockade around Cuba so that the Uthe Cuban missile crisis unfolded in October 1962, -
Kennedy is assassinated
Kennedy’s plan was to begin to withdraw American troops from Vietnam in 1965, but was assassinated before this could happen.