1. The Bay of Pigs Invasion
&
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Kent Korwatch
&
Dane Wostenberg

2. ?Who?
                                                    
John F Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev

3. John F Kennedy US president elected 1960
Berlin wall built in the first year of his term
Assassinated in 1963
New Frontier program 1961(space exploration)

4. Fidel Castro Over through the Cuban government 1959
Became communist leader in 1960
Still in power today
First Communist State in
west

5. Nikita Khrushchev Russia leader from 1953 to 1964
Joined communist party in 1918
Died on Sept. 11, 1971
Born April 5, 1894
Denounced Stalin and his
Methods

6. ?What?When?Where?
The Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis

7. The Bay of Pigs An unsuccessful attack on Cuba
Designed to over through the government of Fidel
April 17th ,1961
Cuban refugees trained in U.S. Guatemala to fight Fidel
Violated agreements to not interfere in the western hemisphere
CIA advised Kennedy to attack

9. The Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct.16, 1962 photos reveal Soviets building missile sights in Cuba
Options: negotiate with Khrushchev, invade Cuba, blockade Cuba, bomb missile sights
U.S. quarantines Cuba
Russia sends more ships, Khrushchev calls them back
U.S. agrees to remove weapons in Turkey for Russian disarmament in Cuba

11. Kennedy’s Map of Cuba

12. Aftereffects “Hot line” established from US to Russia
Limited Test Band Treaty