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Bay of pigs/Cuban
missile crisis
Jose Sierra
Per 4
Ms. Mcelmoyl
5/16/13
Bay of pigs
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President Kennedy had the option of using the U.S. Air
Force against the Cubans but decided against it.
Consequently, the invasion was stopped by Castro's
army.
The invasion made Castro wary of the U.S. He was
convinced that the Americans would try to take over the
island again.
Cause of the Bay of pigs
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President approved the CIA to spy on Cuba for the reason of Fidel Castro having
support of USSR.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States they sent
Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban (dictator Fidel Castro).
Hoping to find support from the local population, they intended to cross
the island to Havana. It was evident from the first hours of fighting, however, that
the exiles were likely to lose.
Effects of bay of pigs
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By the time the fighting ended on April 19,
90 exiles had been killed and the rest had
been taken as prisoners.
The failure of the invasion seriously
embarrassed the young Kennedy
administration.
The invasion made Castro wary of the U.S.
He was convinced that the Americans
would try to take over the island again.
The Cuban missile crisis
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leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in
a tense, 13-day political and military standoff
October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed.
Soviet placed medium and intermediate-range
ballistic missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
President John Kennedy notified Americans about
the presence of the missiles in Cuba
He told his decision to enact a naval blockade
around Cuba and made it clear the U.S. was
prepared to use military force if necessary to
neutralize this perceived threat to national security.
Cause of the Cuban missile
crisis
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One of the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis was that
the USSR was afraid that they have might have gotten
hit by a missile first so they secretly hid a missiles in Cuba.
Another cause would be that and Nikita was afraid to
lose Cuba in an invasion from the U.S.A, so they agreed
to put missiles on their island because of protection.
There were also many tensions with the USSR and the
States with the peace program that Russia wanted to
start. Then the U.S.A said that they would be tougher on
Russia to end the Cold War.
The USSR wanted all the power and so did the United
States.
The effect of the Cuban missile
crisis
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Many people were afraid due to the fact we were
on the brink of war
The soviets removed there missiles and we
removed ours in turkey secretly
We agreed to never invade Cuba again
Recourses
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"The Bay of Pigs Invasion." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation,
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