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North Korea had invaded South Korea. The U.S. had sided with North Korea while the Soviet Union sided with South Korea
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The Korean War began when North Korean communist crossed the 38th parallel and invaded.
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The peace treaty was signed to end the Korean War that which both sides neither won and were still dived into two countries.
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The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt against Dictator Baptists.
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The Bay of Pigs was a secret invasion of Cuba approved by Kennedy using 1,500 Cubans who left Castro's leadership and was a failed uprising against communist in Cuba by the U.S.
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Cuba has sided with the Soviet Union and is very close to the U.S.
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JFK had ordered a Naval Blockade of Cuba in order to stop the Soviet's ships.
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The Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
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Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union took apart both of their weapons in Turkey and Cuba.
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Fidel Castro which who controlled Cuba for 50 years began a communist government