Today Alex finished his presentation over the cold war.
Causes of the Cold War:
• Russian Revolution
o Tsar system gets replaced
o This is when provisional party got overthrown
o Communist party takes over
• Red Scar 1917-1920
o Russian rev.
o Anti communism
o Immigrants are anti gov’t
o USA and WesternEurope
o Sedition act 1919 made it possible to deport immigrants if they are againstout gov’t
• Beliefs
o SU= communist (state before civil rights)
o USA=Capitalist Democracy ( valued freedoms and we feared communism)
• Aims
o Stalin wanted reparations from Germany
Surrounding countries to turn communist
Prevent from being invaded again
· History
• Trust
§ Atomic weapons
§ Both countries feared attack
§ US president dislike Stalin
• Actions
§ SU determined to take over western Europe
Fidel Castro:
· Born august 13 1926
· Part of the Orthodox Party
· disliked Batista
· sentenced to 15 years in prison
Bay Of Pig:
· Invasion to start an upspring on Castro in the bay of pigs
· The invasion was successful
· Air strike failed
· Faced 25,000 Cuban troop when they landed
· We put an embargo on them so nothing from Cubais legal in the USA
· The CIA trained Anti-Castro Cubans to overthrow him.
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