Transcript 1956-1967 - The Cold War

Fidel Castro
takes over Cuba
Limited Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty
Bay Of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
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1956-1967 during the Cold War
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
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Bay Of Pigs
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy who was the president at the
time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and most of
the Cold War. JFK issued the U2 Spyplane to
fly over Cuba, which found Soviet missile sites
and also issued US Naval ships to surround
Cuba provoking the shipment of supplies in or
out. JFK alsonwas apart in issuing the Limited
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to prevent nuclear
warfare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._K
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was involved in the Cuban
Missile Crises by the fact that they were
secretely storing nuclear weapons on the
island of Cuba. After JFK had found out and
blocked off Cuba with naval ships, the Soviet
Union reacted by agreeing to take down missile
sites,which were so close to the U.S., which
eventually led to the Limited Nuclear Test Band
Treaty.
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U2 Spyplane photograph
Here is a photo of a Soviet missile site taken by
the U2 Spyplane sent by the CIA which alerted
President Kennedy and the US about the
Soviet Union storing nuclear weapons on the
island of Cuba. Almost pushing the US and
Soviet to the brink of nuclear warfare.
"Missile erectors and launch stands are visible in
this aerial intelligence photograph of Mariel
Port..." Cold War Reference Library. Ed. Richard
C. Hanes, Sharon M. Return
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and Lawrence W.
Baker. Vol. 3: Biographies
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Fidel Castro
Born August 13th, 1926, on his familys sugar
farm. When Castro was an adult he was a
lawyer in training and later on lead the
revolution to overthrow the old dictator Batista
in January 1959, after destroying all military
points in cities all the way up to Havanna
where Castro came into power while Batista
and previous leaders fled.
"Fidel Castro, Cuban
Dictator." Gale World History in
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Gale,
Exhibit in Context.
2010.World History
Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
Castro during overthrow in Havanahh
In the image shown is a picture of Fidel Castro
as he overthrew the Batista Government in
January of 1959 at Havanahh.
"FIDEL CASTRO, SHOWN HERE DURING HIS
OVERTHROW OF THE BATISTA
GOVERNMENT." History Behind the
Headlines: The Origins
of Conflicts
Worldwide. Ed.
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Matuszak, and Meghan
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Appel O'Meara. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2001. World
History in Context. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.
Soviet-Cuban Trade Agreement
In the image shown is Fidel Castro and Nikita
Khrushcev(Soviet leader) signing the SovietCuban Trade Agreement which agreed to the
terms of that the Soviets were going to expand
relations along with trading of goods, and credit
with one another. This helped build relations
with one another(which helped out with the
Cuban Missile Crisis) and helped boost the
new Cuban economy after a downfall because
of a change in power.
"Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev sign the
January 1964 Soviet-Cuban Trade Agreement.
©." Encyclopedia of Russian History. Ed. James R.
Millar. Vol. 2. New York:
Macmillan
Reference
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Closet Communist Castro
After coming into power Castro was a so called
“closet communist” because he wouldn’t
acknowledge the fact he was a dictator. JFK
trained CIA members in putting a stop to the
new Cuban government to prevent the possible
spread of communism and because it was also
obvious that when Castro came into power he
did not share any or the same intersts with the
US government. Castro and the Cuban military
anticipated the attack that was to come from
the US(Bay of Pigs) and put a stop to it when
the Anti-Castro forces invaded with the large
numbers of men in the Cuban military.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/19/us-cubacastro-idUSN1941945720080219
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Captured In the Bay of Pigs
Anti-Castro forces in a line to be taken into
Cuban prisons after the Bay Of Pigs. The CIA
sent these forces to prevent the leadership of
Fidel Castro and possibly the spread of
communism. Cuba anticipated the invasion and
the Anti-Castro forces were met by the Cuban
military rather than the revolutionaries.
"Anti-Castro forces captured
during the failed Bay of Pigs
invasion are marched off to prison
on..." Cold War Reference
Library. Ed. Richard C. Hanes,
Sharon M. Hanes, and Lawrence
W. Baker. Vol. 2: Almanac
Volume 2. Detroit: UXL,
2004.World History in Context.
Web. 23 Apr. 2014.
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Bay of Pigs captuers
Anti-Castro forces captured at the Bay of Pigs.
Many forces against Castro were either killed
or taken to Cuban prisons. Anti-Castro forces
were outnumbered by the Cuban military and
the US did not have any air support due to JFK
wanting to cut funds, so the Anti-Castro forces
did not have much support which resulted in
the Bay of Pigs being a failure.
"Cuban counter-revolutionaries, members of
Assault Brigade 2506, after their capture at the Bay
of..." Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and
Security. Ed. K. Lee Lerner
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Lerner. Vol. 1. Detroit:Exhibit
Gale, 2004. World History
in Context. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.
Air Support in the Bay of Pigs
April 15, 1961, the day the battle truly began,
planes with Cuban marks flown by US military
pilots attacked several military spots on Cuba.
Although, the plane attacks for the 16th of April
were canceled from direct orders of JFK, so
that he could cut losses. Then, on April 17,
1961 around 1,400 brigade soldiers landed on
on the southern coast of Cuba which resulted
in a US loss due to the lack of air support and
being outnumbered.
http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8280047191
001/m/8120091691001/p/3
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JFK signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
In this photo it shows the signing of the Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty on August 5th, 1963, by both
the US and the Soviet Union leaders. After
tensions between the US and Soviets settled
down and threats of nuclear warfare weren’t a
problem, the treaty was written to prevent
nuclear war and keep humanity safe from
possibly ending itself.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Nuclear-TestBan-Treaty.aspx
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Protestors against Nuclear war
These are protestors against nuclear warfare
between the US and Soviet Union. The US
government took notice to this and put thought
into what they were really doing which
eventually led to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty so that they would end the threat of
harming themselves and other nations in the
process of nuclear warfare.
http://richtervideos.com/LinusPaulingCrusadingScientist/
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Nuclear Radiation level graph
These graphs show the rise and fall of
deformed births. This relates to the treaty by
the fact that if nuclear war would’ve happened
and this treaty did not exist, this graph could
and would look a lost worse than it does now.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v478/n7367/fig_tab
/nature10426_F1.html
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