1. Kennedy Year’s

2. Crises over Cuba
Fidel Castro – leader of Cuba and openly declared himself a communist leader and aided Soviet Union

4. Bay of Pigs
March 1960 Pres. Eisenhower gave CIA permission to train Cuban Exiles
Kennedy gave it the go – April 17, ,300 to 1,500

6. Bay of Pigs
It failed
25,00 Cuban troops and Soviet tanks and jet aircraft – many killed and imprisoned
$53 million in food and medical supplies for prisoners

7. Cuban Missile Crisis
P.675
Weapons from Russia to Cuba were increasing
Including Nuclear Weapons
Kennedy would not tolerate nuclear weapons there

9. Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct. 14 – U.S. took a photographs missiles ready to launch in Cuba at Soviet bases – could reach U.S. in minutes
Oct. 22 – Kennedy told nation of this and his plans to remove them

10. Cuban Missile Crisis
Next 6 days possibility of nuclear war
Troops were waiting
Oct. 28 made an agreement and Russia removed missiles

12. Berlin Wall
Concrete wall topped with barbed wire that severed the city in two
Keep East Berlin separated from West Berlin in Germany
East – Communist West - Free