... , an island nation just south of Florida. Over the next two years, to Washington's alarm, Castro began to move toward a Communist-style government, while seeking aid from the Soviet Union. Under Eisenhower, the U.S. had formulated a plan to topple the Cuban dictator, using a force of ... weak, inexperienced figure whom the U.S.S.R. could easily bully. In June of 1961, the two world leaders met at a summit in the Austrian capital of Vienna. The central issue for discussion was the fate of Berlin. At the end of World War II, the German capital ... telegrams shot back and forth between Was...

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... France was in. In 1792 he was beheaded for having conspired against the liberty of the nation. His wife Marie Antoinette was the Austrian daughter of Marie Teresa. The French hated her because she spent millions on clothes and material objects and she wasn't French. Napoleon Bonaparte ... in which the Americans and French revolted were for freedom, rights to rules themselves, rights for the people, and they wanted a better government system. Events that were symbolic to the Americans were the boycotting of British goods because of the unfair taxing that was going on. Colonies ... to res...

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... just another of many factors that started World War 1. After the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum before it would declare war: end anti-Austrian feeling in government, punish Serbian officials involved, and allow Austria to participate in the investigation. Serbia agreed to all of the terms except the last, so Austria declared war. Before the war ... ...

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