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Cuba: The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuba: The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs. In 1959, Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba. Castro created a communist nation 90 miles from Florida Many Cubans fled to Florida Castro nationalized many American-owned properties in Cuba.

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Cuba: The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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  1. Cuba: The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

  2. The Bay of Pigs • In 1959, Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba. • Castro created a communist nation 90 miles from Florida • Many Cubans fled to Florida • Castro nationalized many American-owned properties in Cuba

  3. President Kennedy approved the Bay of Pigs plan • American-trained Cuban insurgents would land at the Bay of Pigs, and eventually over throw the Castro government

  4. It was a complete disaster and an embarrassment for America

  5. Missile Crisis • In 1962, the Soviet Union placed Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM) in Cuba • Kennedy ordered the Soviets to remove them

  6. The Missile Crisis

  7. For several days in October 1962, the world was on the brink of nuclear war. • Fortunately, the Soviet leadership “blinked” and removed their missile

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