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Cuban Missile Crises

Cuban Missile Crises. How’d we get there?. 1959: Castro rises to power in Cuba 1960: Cuba aligns with Soviet Union April 1961: Bay of Pigs invasion June 1961: Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in Vienna. October 1961: Reconnaissance photographs show missile sights in Cuba. :00.

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Cuban Missile Crises

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  1. Cuban Missile Crises

  2. How’d we get there? • 1959: Castro rises to power in Cuba • 1960: Cuba aligns with Soviet Union • April 1961: Bay of Pigs invasion • June 1961: Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in Vienna. • October 1961: Reconnaissance photographs show missile sights in Cuba.

  3. :00 According to the clip, why did the Russians remove the missiles? • Because the Soviet leadership had a moral crises • Because both Kennedy and Khrushchev realized the danger of nuclear war • The USSR and US became BFF’S

  4. 0 What do you think “delicate, behind-the-scenes negotiations” refers to? • If the negotiations between the US and USSR became public, the deal was off. • Both leaders needed to appear tough to the citizens of their country • This is what the Cold War was all about, CIA, KGB, “Bond, James Bond”, etc. • I don’t know and that’s why I’ll never be President

  5. 4 Are you going to miss Mr. Parson? • Nope, that guy is a geek. • Eh, maybe a little. • I gotta be honest, I wish he could stay forever.

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