N.A.T.O
- stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization
- soviet Union Wanted to join N.A.T.O
- in 1952 NATO maritime exercises began
- France withdrew from N.A.T.O
- the U.S. gave Europe Nuclear arms in December 1979
- recently put a no-fly zone over Libya
- organized a lof of organizations and plans after the 9/11 attacks
- N.A.T.O. put weapons embargo against Libya
Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs
- Fidel Catro was a communist who led Cuban Revolution in 1959
- over threw the Cuban dictator after 2nd attempt
- became prime minister of Cuba
- was sent to jail, got released and then was trained in Mexico
- 250,000 people abandoned their country
- he got rid of the Ministers he didn't trust
- politicians and writers were often sent to jail for criticizing him
- their was a resistance inside and outside of Cuba against Castro
- in April 1961 Cuban exiles launched their invasion and landed on Playtoa beach
- Kennedy was informed that the invasion wasn't going well
- we wanted to stay low though because we didn't want Cuba to know it was us
China's Open Door Policy
- every country has equal oppurtunity to trade with China
- Nixon stayed in China for one week
- he met with Mao Zedong to discuss this policy
- we didn't want to et involved because we didn't want to intefere with their communism
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