Hot Spots of the Cold War II

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Hot Spots of the Cold War II

• Conflicts and Almost Conflicts between East and
  West, 1960-1975

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Berlin Wall - 1961

• To prevent East Germans from escaping to the
  West, Khrushchev orders construction of a wall
  enclosing West Berlin
• July Kennedy goes to Berlin to make his famous
  speech
• Wall becomes symbol of the Cold War

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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Nikita Krushchev
John F. Kennedy
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Cuba

• 1952
• Coup by Gen. Batista leads to increased US
  corporate investment and tourism
• Batista is ruthless dictator
• 1956-1959
• Fidel Castro leads successful communist
  revolution
• Nationalizes US companies

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Cuba

• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• April, 1961
• Eisenhower had planned to aid Cuban exiles to
  attack Castro
• Kennedy is left with decision
• April 15 JFK gives permission for invasion
• Decides to withdraw US air support
• Invasion crushed

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Cuba

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• October 1962
• Soviets try to install missiles in Cuba
• Detected by US spy planes
• JFK orders blockade of Cuba
• After tense standoff, Soviets withdraw weapons
• US promises not to invade Cuba
• Later, US withdraws missiles from Turkey

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Critical Thinking

• How would you characterize the US-Cuba
  relationship throughout history?

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Latin America

• Guatemala (1954)
• US overthrows Jacobo Arbenz, democratically
  elected president
• Dominican Republic (1965)
• Marines land to restore order after protest of
  military regime
• Chile (1973)
• CIA backs overthrow of Salvador Allende installs
  Gen. Pinochet
• None of these regimes were communist

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Critical Thinking

• Why did the US intervene this way in Latin
  America if not to stop communism?