Today in class we went over cold war Projects.
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Communist would attack and if no one would help then we would have to.
Soviet Union wanted to join for protection and France dropped out.
Organized a lot of organizations and plans for 9-11 attacks.
Put a no-fly zone over Libya.
Embargo against Libya
De-stalinization when stalin died and Krusheov comes to power and he tried to be better to the people of Russia. Peaceful co-exsistense was when he believed they could live their lives peacefully without war or nuclear war.
Fidel Castro (Bay of Pigs)-
-Fidel Castro was Communist and led the Cuban Revolution
Overthrew the cuban Dictator and became Prime Minister of Cuba.
His brother is in power of Cuba Today.
many people who didnt like Fidel Castro left their country.
he put people in jail because he didnt like them or they talked bad about him
The United States tried to get a ressisstance in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs was when Cuban soldiers invaded Cuba and the C.I.A trained these soldiers.
April 1961 was when this took place.
Cubans invaded that day. and it didnt go very well.
a lot of cubans lost their weapons and castro had more men.
we tried to blockade roads but that didnt work.
we thought the Public would help us defeat Castro.
Nixon goes to China
we have the right to Trade with China freely. (open-door Policy)
On Febuary 21st in 1972 he went to China.
we wanted to get rid of communism in China.
Nixon met with Mao Zedong (he was the leader of china.)
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