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1. How did revolution affect Cuba?

•First: Economy, Health Care & Literacy improved

•Later: Harsh dictatorship violated basic rights

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1961Castro turns back Cuban invasion at Bay of Pigs

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2. Why did the U.S. support the invasion?

•U.S. relations w/ Cuba had gone sour. Based mainly on Castro’s communist ties.

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1962United States demands that

Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba

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3. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?

•U.S. blockade of Cuba, troops put on alert

•Khrushchev removes missiles w/ U.S. promise not to invade Cuba

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1979Communist Sandinista rebels

overthrow dictatorship in Nicaragua

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4. What were the consequences of civil war for Nicaragua?

•A weakened economy & Political unrest

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1981Iran releases U.S. hostages

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5. Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini hate the United States?

•The U.S. had supported the Shah & the westernization of Iran

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1988UN ceasefire ends hostilities

between Iraq & Iran

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6. What part did the U.S. play in this Muslim war?

•Secretly sold arms to Iran (Iran - Contra Affair)

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1989Soviet union withdraws its forces from Afghanistan

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7. How was the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan similar to U.S.

involvement in Vietnam?•Both were long, costly wars

•Superpowers overpowered by rebel forces


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