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The Bay of Pigs Invasion

The Bay of Pigs Invasion. & The Cuban Missile Crisis. Kent Korwatch & Dane Wostenberg. ?Who?. John F Kennedy Fidel Castro Nikita Khrushchev. John F Kennedy. US president elected 1960 Berlin wall built in the first year of his term Assassinated in 1963

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The Bay of Pigs Invasion

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  1. The Bay of Pigs Invasion & The Cuban MissileCrisis Kent Korwatch & Dane Wostenberg

  2. ?Who? • John F Kennedy • Fidel Castro • Nikita Khrushchev

  3. John F Kennedy • US president elected 1960 • Berlin wall built in the first year of his term • Assassinated in 1963 • New Frontier program 1961(space exploration)

  4. Fidel Castro • Over through the Cuban government 1959 • Became communist leader in 1960 • Still in power today • First Communist State in west

  5. Nikita Khrushchev • Russia leader from 1953 to 1964 • Joined communist party in 1918 • Died on Sept. 11, 1971 • Born April 5, 1894 • Denounced Stalin and his Methods

  6. ?What?When?Where? The Bay of Pigs The Cuban Missile Crisis

  7. The Bay of Pigs • An unsuccessful attack on Cuba • Designed to over through the government of Fidel • April 17th ,1961 • Cuban refugees trained in U.S. Guatemala to fight Fidel • Violated agreements to not interfere in the western hemisphere • CIA advised Kennedy to attack

  8. The Cuban Missile Crisis • Oct.16, 1962 photos reveal Soviets building missile sights in Cuba • Options: negotiate with Khrushchev, invade Cuba, blockade Cuba, bomb missile sights • U.S. quarantines Cuba • Russia sends more ships, Khrushchev calls them back • U.S. agrees to remove weapons in Turkey for Russian disarmament in Cuba

  9. Kennedy’s Map of Cuba

  10. Aftereffects • “Hot line” established from US to Russia • Limited Test Band Treaty

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