us/cuban relations the cuban revolution, the bay of pigs invasion, the cuban missile crisis
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US/Cuban Relations
The Cuban Revolution,The Bay of Pigs Invasion,The Cuban Missile Crisis
US/Cuban RelationsEarly 1950’s
• US trade
• Growing anti-communism attitude
• CIA covert operations
Cuban Revolution
• Fulgencio Batista
• Castro’s failed attack-1953
• Revolutionary Campaign-1953-1959
• Long-awaited Success-1959
• Castro takes control
Eisenhower/Kennedy
• Castro cuts out US involvement
• Eisenhower’s plan
• CIA
• 1960 election
• Kennedy’s enthusiasm
• Cover up
Bay of Pigs Invasion
• The Plan
• The Attack
• Failure
• Kennedy’s embarrassment
• Soviet support of Cuba
• US nuclear bases near USSR• Soviet missile sites in Cuba• Kennedy’s skepticism• U-2 Flights
Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviet Missile Sites
• Kennedy’s Naval Quarantine
• Troops Assembled
• Soviet Deals
• Nuclear War averted
Aftermath
• US trade embargo of Cuba
• Castro’s ruin of Cuban economy
The End