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Cuban Missile Cuban Missile CrisisCrisis
Notes Chapter 17 part #2Castro Comes to Power
• In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
• Castro then established a friendship with the (1)USSR and became a communist.
• The CIA began to monitor Cuba for fear of a Soviet attack.
• Cuba is only 90 miles south of Florida.
CIA Briefing CIA Briefing MapMap
Meeting of Meeting of the ExCommthe ExComm
October 16, 1962October 16, 1962
US Misconstrues Soviet US Misconstrues Soviet MotivesMotives
Berlin Wall Erected, August 1961Berlin Wall Erected, August 1961
Summit in Vienna Austria, June 1961Summit in Vienna Austria, June 1961
Jan. 3, 1961Jan. 3, 1961
Black SaturdayBlack Saturday
Low-level Low-level reconnaissance reconnaissance of Cuban anti-of Cuban anti-aircraft sitesaircraft sites
The next day, 1,500 U.S. trained Cuban The next day, 1,500 U.S. trained Cuban exiles landed on Cuba with weapons exiles landed on Cuba with weapons supplied by the United States.supplied by the United States.
Bay of Pigs
(3)Bay of Pigs Crisis• On April 17th 1961, a (2)group of CIA
trained Cuban exiles named La Brigada, invaded Cuba and tried to overthrow Castro.
• These exiles were armed and supplied with U.S. materials.
• Within two days most of the 1,400 men were killed or captured.
• This would begin an unfriendly relationship with Cuba.
Richard Richard Goodwin Goodwin Meets Meets Ché Ché GuevaraGuevara
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Memorandum from Gen. Lansdale to Special Group (Augmented) -- Pg 1
Operation Operation MongooseMongoose
Gen. Gen. Lansdale Lansdale Memorandum Memorandum (Continued) (Continued) -- Pg 2-- Pg 2
Soviet Union responds Soviet Union responds by exploding a 50-by exploding a 50-megaton hydrogen megaton hydrogen bomb in the bomb in the atmosphere, Oct 30, atmosphere, Oct 30, 19611961
White House Statement
Castro’s Five Demands• Cessation of the US economic embargo and US Cessation of the US economic embargo and US
pressure on other countries to cut commercial pressure on other countries to cut commercial links to Cuba; links to Cuba;
• End US subversive activities against Cuba, End US subversive activities against Cuba, including the “organization of invasions by including the “organization of invasions by mercenaries” and “infiltration of spies and mercenaries” and “infiltration of spies and saboteurs”saboteurs”
• Cease “piratical attacks” from bases in the Cease “piratical attacks” from bases in the United States and Puerto Rico United States and Puerto Rico
• End violations of Cuban airspaceEnd violations of Cuban airspace
• US withdrawal from Guantanamo Naval BaseUS withdrawal from Guantanamo Naval Base
Anastas Mikoyan Arrives in CubaAnastas Mikoyan Arrives in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis• Due to the Bay of Pigs, the relationship between the U.S.
and Cuba was terrible- showing (4)US as weak and disorganized
• Castro had a very good relationship with the USSR.• During the summer of 1962, a (5)spy plane took pictures
of nuclear missiles on Cuba.• These missiles were put there by the USSR.• President Kennedy ordered a (6)blockade of Cuba to stop
the Soviets from bringing more nuclear missiles across the ocean.
Cuban Missile Crisis part 2• For about 13 days tensions were very high and nuclear war was
near.• An agreement was worked out between the U.S. and USSR:• The U.S. was not to invade Cuba and remove nuclear missiles from
Turkey. • The (7)USSR agreed to remove all nuclear missiles from Cuba.• This Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest our country has ever
been to nuclear war.
(8)The Death/ Assasination of JFK• On November 22 1963, JFK was in Dallas
Texas working on his re-election.• He was riding in a convertible with his wife and
the governor of Texas.• (9)Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly shot JFK
from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building.
• A few days later, a Chicago night club owner named Jack Ruby shot Oswald.
Lee Harvey Oswald
• Shown here in Oak Cliff, Texas.
• Tried to defect to the Soviet Union and Cuba.
School Book Depository
• LHO got a job in this building. He would eventually shoot JFK from the sixth floor.
6th floor
Zapruder’s film was the most famous evidence
Oswald fled the scene
• He checked into his boarding house on 1026 Beckley.
• Officer J. Tippit stops on the street to talk to Oswald.
• Oswald shoots him 4 times to death
Arrested
• The Cops beat him up after Oswald resists arrest at the theatre.
Oswald transferred to another jail.• Jack Ruby, a
Dallas nightclub owner, shoots Oswald on live TV.
• LHO will never go on record why he did what he did. He is now dead.
LHO killed
• “You killed the President, you rat!”
Lyndon Johnson• On board Air Force One, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) took the oath of office.
• He was 55 years old when he became President.
• His wife was Claudia Taylor. Her nickname was Lady Bird.
• The election of 1964 was LBJ (D) vs. Barry Goldwater (R)- (14)Goldwater was opponent to LBJ and also sec. of treasury
• LBJ would win the election and quickly went to work on his plans for America.
The Great Society• This (15)plan by LBJ to make improvements
in America and (12)declare war on poverty:1. Civil Rights Act of 1964- Barred discrimination.
2. Medicare and Medicaid- Helped the elderly with health care cost.3. Head Start- Helped preschoolers who did not know how to color, etc.4. Robert Weaver- First black cabinet member.5. All started with the Economic Opportunity Act- designed to change and improve the quality in literacy and employment
SHOTS AROUND THE WORLD1- USSR
2- CIA TRAINED CUBAN EXILE ARMY
3- BAY OF PIGS,CUBA
4- WEAK & DISORGANIZED
5- SPY PLANES SAW NUKES IN CUBA
6- NAVAL BLOCKADE & TRADE EMBARGO W/CUBA
7- REMOVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
8- JFK ASSASSINATED
9- LEE HARVEY OSWALD
10- GROUP TO FIND WHO KILLED JFK
11- AIR FORCE ONE PLANE
12- WAR ON POVERTY
13- CHANGE INADEQUATE SERVICES, ILLETERACY, UNEMPLOYMENT
14- REPUBLICAN AGAINST LBJ IN 1964
15- PLAN TO CHANGE AMERICA & SOCIAL CARE