bay of pigs
unsuccessful action by the CIA
took place in the bay of pigs
recruited cuban exiles to invade the bay so that americans weren't invading
hoped to get help from villagers, but didn't
an embarrassment
made castro wary of the US
berlin wall
barrier constructed by german democratic republic
cut off eat and west germany from each other
wire fence and concrete, more than 87 miles
walls was built to control nazi spreading.
eastern- soviets and socialist
"wall of shame"
people leaving east to go to west to get away from communist and go to democratic
around 5000 people tried to escape
100-200 people killed
families were split and jobs were lost by the wall
general lucius D clay was in charge
ordered berlin airlift
hungary disabled border defences so peopole could use hungary to get around the wall
were forced to return
protest broke out
"peaceful revolution"
nixon goes to china
nixon was a strong anti-communist
went to inprove the relationship and stop them from becoming communist under leader m
goverment officials were secretly visiting china to prepare
lots of security involved
visitied beijing hanzghou and shanghai
took tourist attraction trips
nixons wife campaigned for america during the trip
trip was believed to have changed the world
nixon stated "build a bridge and unite the united states and china"
seen as his biggest political achievement
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