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The Cuban Missile Crisis & the Vietnam War
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Cuban Missile Crisis
- Cuba became a Communist country
- The Soviet Union (Russia) supported Cuba because they were a Communist nation too
- This caused relations between Cuba and the United States to become tense
- In 1962, U.S. learned that the Soviet Union had built missile launching pads in Cuba.
- This event began the Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis Continued
Cuban Missile Crisis Resolved
- The missile launching pads were only 90 miles away from Florida!
- President John F. Kennedy responded by ordering the U.S. Navy to block any Soviet ships carrying missiles to Cuba.
- President JFK also sent troops to Florida in case the U.S. needed to invade Cuba.
- Both sides were at a stalemate for a total of 13 days!!
- People were afraid that a nuclear war would begin!
- After those 13 days, the Soviet Union said they would remove the missiles if the U.S. agreed not to invade Cuba.
- The U.S. agreed, and the THREAT of a nuclear war was over.
- After this event, a direct phone line between Moscow and Washington was made, so they could discuss any critical problems.
The Cuban Missile Crisis & the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War
- In the early 1960's the U.S. became involved in the Vietnam War.
- They did this to try and prevent the spread of Communism.
- Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia.
- The country was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
- North was ruled by Communists
- People feared that if South Vietnam was taken over by the Communists, that the rest of Southeast Asia would soon come under Communist Control
- Known as "Domino Theory"
Affects of the Cold War
Vietnam War Continued
- Americans were divided over whether to send American troops to Vietnam or not
- Many protested against the war
- The conflict ended in a cease-fire.
- U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam in 1973.
- 2 years later, North Vietnam took over South Vietnam for good.
- Today, Vietnam is one country under Communist rule.
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