The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
*In 1959 there was a communist revolution in Cuba
*Up until then it had been a place for american organized crime to go hang out
*Store lots of money off shore
*In 1962 the US spotted Soviet missiles being assembled in Cuba from a U2 Spy plane
*This meant they could be reached by missiles in a few minutes
*The US set up a naval blockade of Cuba
*It was very tense as the Soviets continued to bring their ships to the blockade line
*At the last minute the Soviet Ships turned around avoiding a nuclear crisis
*The Soviet leader Krushchev then agreed to remove the missiles if President Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba
*VERY TENSE TIME
*Lots of popularity for Kennedy
*Up until then it had been a place for american organized crime to go hang out
*Store lots of money off shore
*In 1962 the US spotted Soviet missiles being assembled in Cuba from a U2 Spy plane
*This meant they could be reached by missiles in a few minutes
*The US set up a naval blockade of Cuba
*It was very tense as the Soviets continued to bring their ships to the blockade line
*At the last minute the Soviet Ships turned around avoiding a nuclear crisis
*The Soviet leader Krushchev then agreed to remove the missiles if President Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba
*VERY TENSE TIME
*Lots of popularity for Kennedy
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Summary
The cuban missile crisis scared the americans a lot as well because of all the nuclear weapons that the soviets were shipping into cuba, a country that was so close in proximity to them. Also after Cuba turned communist they were very worried that the domino effect would go into effect and start a revolt in America.