Crisis in Cuba:

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Crisis in Cuba

• Castro, the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile
  Crisis.

FIDEL CASTRO FORMER LEADER OF CUBA, PUFFING AWAY
(AROUND 1960).
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• Castros Rise to Power
• A. In 1959, Fidel Castro launched a revolt
  that overthrew Cuba's corrupt dictator
  Fulgencio Batista.
• B. Castro soon accepted aid by the Soviet
  Union, nationalized businesses and
  became a communist dictator.
• II. Plans to Overthrow Castro
• A. President Eisenhower began making plans
  to overthrow Castro by the use of the CIA in
  1960.
• B. When President Kennedy was elected he
  stated that it was the duty of the US to
  fight against communism.

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• Bay of Pigs Disaster
• A. Eisenhower had Cuban exiles trained
  by the CIA to overthrow Castro.
• B. On 4/17/63 Cuban exiles invaded Cuba
  through the Bay of Pigs, instead of
  inspiring a revolt among the Cuban people
  they were quickly defeated by
  Castros troops.
• C. The Bay of Pigs invasion became an
  embarrassment for Kennedy, since it failed.

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A PICTURE OF THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS DRAWING? WHAT
HISTORICAL EVENT IS IT SYMBOLIZING? Why?
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• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• A. In 1962, Castro asked Nikita
  Khrushchev, to place nuclear missiles in
  Cuba to prevent an American invasion.
• B. Khrushchev did not want to provoke the
  US into a hot war but also wanted to
  protect his allies. He decided to send
  the missiles.
• C. Kennedy does two things to react
• 1. Brinksmanship he warned
  Khrushchev and Castro against
  aggressive action or they would go to
  war. In a way he dared them to do
  it!
• 2. On 10/22/62, Kennedy ordered a
  blockade on Cuba to prevent Russian ships
  from bringing in more missiles.

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PRE
A MAP THAT REVIEWS THE MISSILES RANGE AND
ACCURACY.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT THE
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.
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V. Aftermath

• A. On 10/27 a Russian ship was stopped
  at the blockade.
• B. Kennedy and Khrushchev wanted to
  avoid war, but neither would back down from
  the conflict.
• C. On October 28, an agreement was
  reached, Khrushchev agreed to remove the
  missiles and Kennedy agreed to not invade
  Cuba.

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Fidel Castro still dictator of Cuba in 2005
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Hey batter batter! Castro trying to play
baseball while looking VERY OLD!
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The Castro Brothers (Fidel and Raul) during the
Cuban Revolution of the late 1950s.
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The Castro Brothers around 2006 2007 (when the
transition of power was occurring).