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Alliance for Progress
This was a program that hepled Latin America and started in 1961. It relieved the poverty and social inequities of the continents. The Alliance for Progress included United States military and it tried to counter against Communism. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This invasion took place on April 17,1961. It was an attempt for Cuba (who was backed by the United States) to overthrow Fidel Castro. This was unsuccessful. This failure embarrased Kennedy. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was thought up by a man named Walter Ulbricht. He was the East German Leader. The wall started being built at midnight on a Sunday. Many railways, city or underground, were closed, and even things like cemetaries were demolished. -
Fidel Castro
In December 1961, Fidel Castro wanted a revolution against the Soviet Union. Tensions between him and the United States started to grow more and more. Between the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missle Crisis, these tensions were very large. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
This crisis started on October 15,1962. It was about the Soviet Union having nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba. Tensions built between Cuba and the U.S. Khrushchev said he would remove the Soviet missles and their personnel if the U.S. doesn's invade Cuba -
Hot-line Between U.S. and Soviet Union
This hot-line was created in 1963. It was a direct hot-line from the United States to the Soviet Union. This line was used for crisis' and emergencies. It helped out one or the other in urgent situations. -
J.F.K. shows people failure of Soviet Union
This happened in 1963. John F. Kennedy told people of Berlin about what the Berlin Wall was really for. The system of the Soviets failed, so the created the Berlin Wall. -
John F. Kennedy
He supported everything the United States was doing overseas in the Cold War. J.F.K. "authorized the coup" that ended up dethroning and killing Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam on November 1, 1963. He said that he would not reduce troops by 100 in the Cold War -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
This was passed on Augest 7, 1964. It allowed "military action in Southeast Asia." This all happened because torpedo boats, from North Vietnam, attacked some United States' destroyers.
