THE COLD WAR AFTER KOREA- contest major in the 3rd world US vs. Soviet Union

• Iran, 1953- The CIA successfully did an a coupe or a revolution against the leader.

• Guatemala, 1954- The CIA successfully did an a coupe against the leader. Gave an unwinding faith on the CIA. Ran into a big problem when trying to get rid of Fidel Castro.

• Cuba- Castro came into power in 1959 still in power. The US first liked him, but he nat. people of am. He took back things, property. Am. Drove him to communism. Tried to get rid of them by exploding cigars and mistress.

• The Bay of Pigs (1961)- Eisenhower came up with a plan to invade Cuba, and consisted of 1500 people, and Am. Armed them, and hoped once people saw this they would revolutionize. It was disaster for the US They were captured. Embarrassment. This showed Castro how determined the US were to make him leave power. Soviets were sending missiles to Cuba.

• The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)- The US finds out that these missiles are being sent and very nervous. They have to get those missiles out somehow. In Oct. Kennedy alerts the people of the US that they exist and that he is trying to get them removed.

• Corruption and religious persecution- He put a lot of his own family members into power in the new govt. they seek their own benefit. This causes a lot of corruption. He was a Catholic, most of the country was Buddhist and Diem liked to crack down on Buddhist. Muslims might have burned themselves.

• Natl. Liberation Front- or Viet Cong, these are people against Diem and support Ho.

• Berkeley Free Speech Movement- At Berkely in Ca. In 1964 there was a part of the campus where students gathered or raised money for their organization. The administration shut this down, and when they did that one student tried to go against this and he was arrested and when they tried to do this the cops were surrounded by lots of students. For 36 hours this happened. Out of this defiance the Berkeley free speech movement began

He decided to do a naval blockade around Cuba. It would force Cuba to fire first. So Kennedy does surround Cuba with a blockade. But people across Am. Watched thinking that it will be WWIII They did not challenge the blockade. He made a deal with Cuba that if he sends out the missiles then Am. Will never invade Cuba.

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