Cuban Missile Crisis Us vs' Soviet Union

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Cuban Missile CrisisUs vs. Soviet Union

• By
• YURI NAKAMARU!!!
• Heh Heh Heh

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Who are the main characters?Conflict?
DEMOCRACY
COMMUNISM

• President John F. Kennedy!

Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
VS
Fidel Castro
USA
Cuba
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Hmmwhen did it occur?

• 1959 Cuban Revolution
• 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
• 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

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What was it about?
KEY CMCCuban Missile Crisis

• CMC was a major confrontation between US and
  Soviet Union in 1962.
• Issue about Soviet Union installing nuclear
  weapons into Cuba.
• Communism vs. Democracy

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WHY did it start?

• The conversion to Communism in Cuba.
• Anti-American feelings in Cuba rise.
• To prevent the US from ruling West Berlin.

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Why did Cubans become Communists?

• Fidel Castro
• -Revolutionary Leader who was anti-America.
• -Believed America took over economic/political
  affairs.
• -Ideas were communist. Took away land from
  wealthy to help the poor.
• Boycotting
• -America boycotted Cuba to warn them from
  turning communist. Rebelled by growing close to
  Soviet Union Government
• Bay of Pigs
• -America trained Cuban exiles to go against
  Castro. Fails.

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Whats up with West Berlin?

• America promised to defend West Berlin in
  Germany, ran by a democratic government.
• Khrushchev threatened to take over West Berlin.
• Weapons were most likely set in Cuba to prevent
  America from going to war in defense of West
  Berlin.
• If no action is taken, it would increase danger
  of war over Berlin.

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Why the missile installation must be stopped

• Nuclear Weapons set in Cuba could attack almost
  all of the major cities in America. (LA, Chicago,
  New York.)
• If he stops the Soviets, it could possibly start
  a world wide Nuclear War, which will result with
  millions of deaths.
• If he turns the other way, it would result with
  war as well.

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What Kennedy did

• Announce a blockade upon Cuba!
• - To isolate a nation from any outside business.
  Boycott?
• - U.S. Navy inspects ships that come in and out
  of Cuba to check for any weapons.
• Threatened them
• - If the Soviet Union does not withdraw their
  nuclear weapons from Cuba, there would be a full
  retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union

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How did it Resolve?

• Khrushchev suggests a negotiation. If USSR pulls
  out their weapons, then US must promise not to
  attack Cuba. And they must withdraw THEIR weapons
  from Turkey as well.
• Kennedy agrees with both terms, but brother
  doesnt agree with Turkey.
• Khrushchev decides to remove missiles because of
  the danger of the Nuclear War, and realizes that
  Kennedy is serious about attacking Cuba.
• Ends up with missiles being withdrawn along with
  a noninvasion pledge.

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What Aspect of the Cold war was it?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis was between USSR and
  America
• Communist Ideas vs. Democratic Ideas
• Based on ideological differences

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All communist countries disappear one by one
until only China, North Korea, and Cuba are left.
AAAAAAAA!!!
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It was an issue between US and USSR that couldve
led to a Nuclear War
Above is a movie based on the Cuban Missile
Crisis. Care to watch?
Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for Fourteen Days in
October
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BABAN! QUIZ TIME

• What was the final resolution to the Cuban
  Missile Crisis?
• What important role does Fidel Castro play?
• What is a blockade?

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Work Cited

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