USCuban Relations

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US/Cuban Relations

• The Cuban Revolution,
• The Bay of Pigs Invasion,
• The Cuban Missile Crisis

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US/Cuban RelationsEarly 1950s

• US trade
• Growing anti-communism attitude
• CIA covert operations

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Cuban Revolution

• Fulgencio Batista
• Castros failed attack-1953
• Revolutionary Campaign-1953-1959
• Long-awaited Success-1959
• Castro takes control

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Eisenhower/Kennedy

• Castro cuts out US involvement
• Eisenhowers plan
• CIA
• 1960 election
• Kennedys enthusiasm
• Cover up

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Plan
• The Attack
• Failure
• Kennedys embarrassment
• Soviet support of Cuba

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• US nuclear bases near USSR
• Soviet missile sites in Cuba
• Kennedys skepticism
• U-2 Flights

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Cuban Missile Crisis

• Soviet Missile Sites
• Kennedys Naval Quarantine
• Troops Assembled
• Soviet Deals
• Nuclear War averted

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Aftermath

• US trade embargo of Cuba
• Castros ruin of Cuban economy

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