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The Cuban Missile Crisis

Essential Question Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis come about and how was it resolved?

Background on Cuba 1959 – Communists overthrow the American backed dictator. – Castro takes over in Cuba 1961 – CIA and Cuban exiles try to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro – “Bay of Pigs” Invasion – Complete failure

Why Bother With Cuba? 90 miles off the coast of the U.S. U.S. Policy of Containment – Worry about Domino Theory Cuba allies with the Soviet Union

Increasing Tensions In 1961, Soviets had built the Berlin Wall to separate East (communist) Berlin from West Berlin (free) In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane spots Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba –

Big Question: What should the US do? my3M my3M

US Chooses a Blockade JFK chose a blockade (quarantine) Soviet ships turn around Secret deal is reached: – (1) US promises not to invade Cuba – (2) US removes missiles from Turkey – (3) Soviets remove missiles from Cuba World sees this as a victory for the US

Effects of Cuban Missile Crisis Better Communication: – Kennedy and Khrushchev create a direct telephone link to one another Partial Test Ban Treaty – Ban nuclear tests in water, atmosphere, and space

Practice Vocab Quiz 1.__ Domino Theory 2.__ Deterrent 3.__ Escalation 4.__ Containment 5.__ Proliferation 6.__ Cold War 7.__ Communism 8.__ Democratization 9.__ Nonalignment 10.__ Détente A.nations that remained neutral and did not pick a side in the Cold War B.to increase; rise C.to discourage from doing something D.U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries E.the state of diplomatic hostility between the U.S. and Soviet Union F.the growth or spread of something such as nuclear weapons G.the process of making a country into a democracy H.policy of reducing Cold War tension between the U.S. and SU I.if one nation falls to communism then nearby nations will too J.economic and political belief where everything should be owned by the public