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1 Homework CW #5 due Monday. Castle Learning Review #2 due Tuesday.

2 Aim #6: Who was to blame for the Cuban Missile Crisis: The United States or the Soviet Union?

3 I. Cold War and Cuba A.In the 1950s, United States supported the oppressive, corrupt Cuban government of Fulgencio Batitsta. B. Many come to oppose Batista, including a young lawyer named Fidel Castro. Castro organized a guerilla army and fought against Batista. C. Castro wins in 1959 → Establishes a communist dictatorship in Cuba

4 I. Cold War and Cuba D. United States wants to overthrow Castro, 1.In 1961, U.S. backs a plot by Cuban exiles to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs → Big failure 2.In 1962, we start a trade embargo against Cuba.

5 I. Cold War and Cuba E. Castro turns to the Soviet Union for help → allows the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to build 42 nuclear missile sites in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of Florida. The U.S. and President John F. Kennedy learn about this in October, 1962.

6 Concluding Question Which country do you think was more to blame for the Cuban Missile Crisis: The U.S. or the Soviet Union? Why?

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