1. Castro’s Cuba 1950’s- Cuba ruled by an unpopular dictator, Batista- who the U.S. supported. Cuban resentment led to an overthrow led by Fidel Castro, who used Guerrilla Warfare.

2. Castro ruled Cuba harshly: –Suspended elections –Jailed/Executed opponents –Censored press –Took over U.S. sugar mills located in Cuba. U.S. ordered an embargo on all trade with Cuba. –Castro asks for assistance from Soviet Union. –Does the USSR help?

3. Khrushchev Embraces Castro, 1961

4. 1960- CIA begins to train anti-Castro Cuban exiles. April 1961- In a secret CIA Mission, exiles invade Cuba landing at the Bay of Pigs hoping that fellow Cubans would join them in regaining Cuba.

5. Bay of Pigs (1961) What do you think happens ? Good Idea or Bad Idea?

6. BAD IDEA President Kennedy withdraws air support for the Cubans –Believes the U.S. is becoming too involved. Why would this matter? Was if fair to do this to the exiles without their knowledge? Castro’s forces crushed the invaders within two days.

7. U.S. failure at the Bay of Pigs convinced Khrushchev that the U.S. could not resist Soviet expansion into Latin America. July 1962- Khrushchev began to secretly build missiles sites in Cuba. October 1962- U.S. spy planes discovered 42 missile sites in Cuba. –Just 90 miles south of Florida

8. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

9. We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!

10. Kennedy demands the removal of the Soviet Missiles. He demands a naval blockage of Cuba to prevent more installing of Soviet missiles. Meanwhile in the country of Turkey, right outside of the Soviet Union, the United States had missiles pointed toward Moscow, the Soviet’s capital. This was the Soviet’s way to play the Cold War fair.

11. October 22 nd -Preparations were made for a naval blockage and an air attack on the missile sites. How do you think the American people felt during this crisis?

12. On October 26 th Kennedy received a message from the Soviet Premier Khrushchev implying that the Soviet’s would remove the missile bases as long as America didn’t invade Cuba. President Kennedy agreed. In exchange the U.S. agreed to remove their missiles from Turkey.

13. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)