1. The Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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2. The Cuban Missile Crisis
Review nuclear arms race and Berlin Wall
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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3. I. Background- Cuban Missile Crisis
i. North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD).
a. During the Cold War, the biggest threat to the United States and Canada were missiles from the Soviet Union
b. These missiles had to travel over the North Pole.
c. The United States and Canada formed NORAD with its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado
d. Distant Early Warning System (DEW Line) was set up in Canada’s arctic to detect a missile attack on North America
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Cheyenne Mountain- NORAD
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6. II. The Cuban Missile Crisis
i. The Cuban Missile Crisis is known as the most dangerous crisis of the Cold War.
ii. In 1959, a communist government took over the island of Cuba.
a. Led by Fidel Castro
b. Much of the industry in Cuba was American owned. When the communists took over it became publicly owned.
c. Many wealthy Americans lobby gov’t for help.
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iii. American President John F. Kennedy financed a counter-revolutionary force designed to overthrow Cuba’s communist gov’t
a. THIS FORCE CONTAINED NO AMERICAN SOLDIERS, IT WAS MADE UP OF CUBANS WHO HAD MOVED TO THE STATES.
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iv. Bay of Pigs Invasion: Kennedy’s forces invade at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba and are crushed by Castro’s forces
v. Castro asks Khrushchev for help and the Soviets immediately send all kinds of weapons to Cuba.
vi. Kennedy became worried and ordered a close watch on Cuba.
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John F. Kennedy
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
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vi. 1962, American U2 spy planes took photographs of Soviet nuclear launch sites under construction in Cuba
a. THE SOVIETS PROBABLY DID THIS IN RESPONSE TO THE AMERICANS HAVING LAUNCH SITES IN TURKEY, VERY CLOSE TO THE USSR.
vii. Kennedy ordered an immediate naval blockade of Cuba and told Khrushchev to remove the launch pads or face massive retaliation from an American nuclear attack
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U2 Spy Plane
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U2 - the Band
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17. JFK on the Cuban Missile Crisis
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viii. The tension lasted for days until the convoy of Soviet ships came face to face with the American ships.
a. THIS IS THE CLOSEST THE WORLD HAS EVER BEEN TO THE DESTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR WAR.
ix. Khrushchev orders the Soviet ships to turn around and go home.
x. Kennedy wins the game of brinkmanship
xi. Khrushchev, soon after, destroyed the launch sites in exchange for the USA staying out of Cuba’s affairs.
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xii. The Soviets put missiles in Cuba for two reasons:
1. To close the ‘missile gap’ that existed between them and the U.S.
2. To use missiles as a bargaining chip in negotiations over Berlin.
xiii. The missiles in Cuba were unacceptable to the Americans for two reasons:
1. The warning time for a missile attack was now reduced to a matter of minutes.
2. The missiles in Cuba were pointed at the ‘soft underbelly’ of America whose defences were pointed to the North – DEW Line and NORAD.
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xvi. Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis
a. A “Hot-line” is set up b/w Washington and Moscow
b. Americans pull nuclear weapons out of Turkey
c. Partial test ban treaty- banning tests in the air or ocean
d. Soviets and Americans agree to meet more often to resolve outstanding issues
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23. III. Problems with Nuclear War
i. Short Term:
a. Thermo-nuclear destruction
b. Cities destroyed
ii. Long Term:
a. Exaggerated Greenhouse Effect
b. Nuclear Winter
c. Nuclear Fallout- poisons Earth w/ radiation
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24. The Cuban Missile Crisis
Terms
Brinkmanship
Cuban Missile Crisis
NORAD
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Fidel Castro
JFK
Nikita Khrushchev
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