1. Arms Race Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis
Mr. Doherty / Mrs. T

2. SCR PG 5

3. Arms Race Each side built up its supply of missiles and atomic bombs.
Stalin dies, 1953, and is replaced by Nikita Khrushchev
Soviets launch Sputnik (worlds first satellite)
U.S. creates National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958.

6. Nikita Krushchev

11. SCR PG 6

12. Bay of Pigs Invasion
1959, Fidel Castro sets up communist gov’t in Cuba
Many Cuban exiles flee to the U.S.
Exiles are trained in U.S. for secret invasion on Cuba.
1961, John F. Kennedy becomes President  April 17 exiles land at Bay of Pigs.
Castro’s forces quickly rounded up invaders and the invasion is a failure.

14. Cuban Missile Crisis
After Bay of Pigs invasion, Soviets give Cuba more weapons.
Oct. 1962, JFK learns that Soviets were building missile bases in Cuba.

15. Nikita Krushchev (U.S.S.R)
Fidel Castro (Cuba)
Nikita Krushchev (U.S.S.R)

20. Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy decides to use naval blockade
Compromise between Krushchev & Kennedy
Soviets remove nuclear bombs from Cuba
U.S. remove nuclear bombs from Turkey.