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Pledged American support to any governments that were fighting communists. Sticking to his promise, he sent over 5,000 marines to the Middle East to help stop anti Western takeover.
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The Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space. This sent shock to the United States as they had hoped to be the first. Sputnik served to intensify the race and increase tensions in the Cold War.
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USSR shot down American U-2 Spy plane and captured the Pilot. Eisenhower was forced to admit to the Soviets that the CIA had been flying spy planes over them for quite some time.
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U.S. sponsored an invasion of Cuba led by anti Castro Cuban immigrants that turned into a mess. The members of the invasion force were defeated in just 3 days.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3410 -
The wall showed division. It separated families, friends, and groups of people. There were 4 zones of occupation.
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The Soviets were installing missiles in Cuba and Kennedy decided to enact a naval blockade. The two sides came to an agreement: Soviets would remove the missiles and United States pledged not to invade Cuba and secretly removed missiles from Turkey.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3411
