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Bay of Pigs
The "Bay Of Pigs" as it was called, started out when Fidel Castro enforces his guerrila warefare upon the current leader of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista. This was threatning to the americans because although Batista was an unpredictable leader, he was friendly with Americans and anti-communist while the new leader, Fidel Castro, was very communist. The United States led CIA conducted an invasion with people who escaped from Cuba to try and overthrow castro. However, the Cuban-American inbvaders... -
Bay of Pigs Part 2
Severley outnumbered by Castros prepared troops resulting in a surrender within 24 hours of the attack. This event is significant because The failure by the US proves to Kennedy and the American people that cuba is not messing around. It also gives Fidel Castro a little momentum for further affairs. -
Fidel Castro Comes to Power
Fidel Castro took power in 1959, no exact date was given. Fiedel Castro took power over Fulgensio Batista's Military dictatorship. When Castro took over power many cubans fled there homes en route for the united states. These people would serve as imposrtant the the Americans in events to come. This was bad for the US becasue Castro was highly communist which is exactly what the US was trying to stop the spread of. This would create Future conflict between the US and Cuba. -
Berlin Wall Part 2
and corrupt. When other countriessee this they spot a weakness which could serve as an advantage to other nations in the future. -
The Berlin Wall Goes Up
In 1961 the construction of the berlin wall to seperate east and west germany began. The purpose of the wall was the stop fascist from entering east germany. On November 9, 1989 the head of East German Communist Party announced that members of the GDR could cross the boarder at any time. That night people poured to the wall, smashing it with hammers and chizzles or any tool that was available. This was significant because it served as a symbol that the German Government and people were corrupt -
Sources
- http://www.britannica.com/event/Strategic-Arms-Limitation-Talks
- http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro 3.http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_nixchina_1.html
- http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
- http://www.history.com/topics/space-race
- http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion
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Man on The Moon
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped off the Apollo 11 making himslef the first person, and Apollo 11 the first spacecraft to land on the moon succesfully. This Proved as a turning ppoint in the space race. With the Americans landing the first man on the moon it proved that the US had technolegy far superior to rival nations. Having a man Literally step out onto the moon proved that the Americans were risky and couragous. -
Nixon Visits China
First of all, the visit itself was significant becasue the US was tryin to improve relationships with communist nations and it was the fist visit with the People's Republic of China. President Nixon met with Zhou Enlia and agreed to expand cultural contacts and also establish permanint trade missions. The Open Door Policy which stated that all countries had equal trading rights with Chinsa was also created. This was Significant because it was a step towards peace. The US strongly dislikes... -
Nixon Visits China Part 2
communist nations and for them to go in and make peace and agreements with one is a large step in the right direction -
SALT part 2
maturity from the US as they were willing to come upon agreements with communist nations -
SALT
The Stratigic Arms Limitation Treaty was a Treaty between The United States and the Soviet Union which started in 1969 but was not finalized until1972. SALT stated limitations as to how many nuclear missels they could have in there arsenals. This was to prevent a certain nation from bombing thalf the world and threatning the other half. This was significat in the cold war because it showed that both sides were interested in peace and did not want to blow up the whole world. This also showed...
