cuba and communism
In July 1959 Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba and overthrew Fulgencio Batista. After taking over Cuba, Fidel Castro turned Cuba Communist which upset the United states.The United States responded by splitting up with Cuba.The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba it's purpose was to overthrow Castro. In July 1962 Russian Nikita Khrushchev created the Cuban missile crisis because a U.S spyplane took pictures and found nuclear missile sites being built in Cuba by the soviet union. The world feared in the next several days there would be a nuclear war.
JFK responded to this by putting a ring of ships around Cuba. The resolution JFK and Nikita Khrushchev came to was to dismantle the weapon sites, as long as the U.S would not invade Cuba.
JFK responded to this by putting a ring of ships around Cuba. The resolution JFK and Nikita Khrushchev came to was to dismantle the weapon sites, as long as the U.S would not invade Cuba.