the cuban missile crisis Flashcards
1
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a tension was increasing over berlin, the usa also began to have problems closer to home. cuba had long been the usas economic ally,but revolution brouhgt the communist threat to the usas doorstop
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2
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the cuban revolution in 1959 worried the USA
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since 1952, cuba had been ruled by batista a ruthless military dictator , who allowed american buisnessmen and the mafia to make huge profits in a country where most people lived in poverty.
.the usa felt it has a right to be involed in cubas affairs but cubans had grown to resent american influence in their country.
3
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the usa accidently pushed castro closer to the ussr
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