Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards
What was Marshall aid and Truman doctrine
The Truman doctrine was the idea to send money to suffering countries with communism
Countries where very poor after the war so Truman sent money so communism wouldn’t take over
Marshall aid was offered to Western Europe to rebuild there destroyed land and in total 13 billion dollars was given
What happened in the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution took place in 1959
Basista was corrupt people wanted to replace him with Fidel Castro he was brought to improve enconomy and exploitation of peasants
Why did USA stop trade with Cuba
USA stopped Cuban trade because they were following soviet polices
What happened in the bay of pigs
Jfk the president decided to send Cuban exiles to invade Cuba to overthrow Castro by gurellia tactics they were met by 20000 Cuban troops USA said they had nothing to do with the exiles but Castro knew Castro announced he was communist
What found the missiles in Cuba
What did they do in order to stop missiles from coming in
On 14 October 1962 American spy plane u-2 flew over Cuba
22 nd October 1962 decided to place a blockade around Cuba
Khrushchev replied with there was no missiles in Cuba 23
