Cuba in the Cold War

By annwal5967
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    Cuba in The Cold War

  • Viatnemese defeated France

  • Castro controls Cuba

  • Election of 1960

    An important presidential election that ended in JFK getting elected as U.S. president.

  • JFK becomes president

    JFK was elected president in November of 1960 and was sworn into office in January of 1961.

  • Bay of Pigs

    An event that took place on Cuba's southernmost coast where the U.S. captured about 1,100 Cubans.

  • Berlin Wall was constructed

    The Berlin Wall was constructed to seperate East and West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Americans were scared that the Cubans were going to launch missiles at them. Many believed that nuclear warfare by the cubans would cause another world war.

  • JFK is assassinated

    JFK was assassinated during a parade in Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.