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Guadalup
4/9/13
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In 1950, the war of South Korea & North Korea ended with a cease fire.
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Gneral Fulgencio Batista took over Cuban governent in a coup
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Batista fled Cuba, & Castro's group took control of the nation.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 2nd term was ending, Cold War continued.
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People had to choose a new leader to help the country navigate throught the growing tensions b/t the US and the Soviet Union
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A force of 1,500 cuban exiles invaded the bay of pigs, to overthrow the revoluntionary gov. of Castro(planned by the US).But Castro's fprces captured/imprisoned 1,100 of those cuban exiles, Castro finally agreed to let the exiles free in exchange of 50 million dollars in food & medicine.
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A poll showed that 1/5 of americans beleeived that WWII was coming soon.
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This was cause b/c of the bay of pigs. It had left the US in embrassment, so the US gov. kept watching Cuba closely. They than used they're top secret U-2 spy plans to illegally fly over and photograph the island.
