THECOLD WAR

DIVIDESTHE

WORLD

1959Fidel Castro leads a revolution

in Cuba

1. How did revolution affect Cuba?

•First: Economy, Health Care & Literacy improved

•Later: Harsh dictatorship violated basic rights

1961Castro turns back Cuban invasion at Bay of Pigs

2. Why did the U.S. support the invasion?

•U.S. relations w/ Cuba had gone sour. Based mainly on Castro’s communist ties.

1962United States demands that

Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba

3. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?

•U.S. blockade of Cuba, troops put on alert

•Khrushchev removes missiles w/ U.S. promise not to invade Cuba

1979Communist Sandinista rebels

overthrow dictatorship in Nicaragua

4. What were the consequences of civil war for Nicaragua?

•A weakened economy & Political unrest

1981Iran releases U.S. hostages

5. Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini hate the United States?

•The U.S. had supported the Shah & the westernization of Iran

1988UN ceasefire ends hostilities

between Iraq & Iran

6. What part did the U.S. play in this Muslim war?

•Secretly sold arms to Iran (Iran - Contra Affair)

1989Soviet union withdraws its forces from Afghanistan

7. How was the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan similar to U.S.

involvement in Vietnam?•Both were long, costly wars

•Superpowers overpowered by rebel forces