After the ending of World War II l‚ the United States and the Soviet Union rejoiced. The worst war in human history was over. However‚ the peace did not last. The United States and Soviet Union had many ideological differences. The Soviet Union was the birthplace of communism and a huge proponent of it. Communism and capitalism are directly opposites. This caused tension between the countries which eventually led to the culmination of the Cold War. It was an obvious fact that the Soviet Union wanted
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Cuba from US attack. • The Cubans agreed to the plan because they feared a US invasion as the US had been planning to overthrow Fidel Castro because they thought he would spread Communism to South America. The US had already attempted an invasion by training exiled Cubans to access Cuba via the Bay of Pigs and capture the island. The invasion was a fiasco but it made Castro angry enough to seek alliance with the USSR. • Upon discovery of the missiles on Cuba‚ Kennedy ordered a naval and air blockade
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The Spanish American War On April 25‚ 1898‚ the United States became concerned in a war with Spain and began an eight-month war amid the United States and Spain called the Spanish-American War. This action was motivated by Spain’s attack on the Battleship Maine in Havana port on February 15‚ 1898. The United States acted based on the Monroe Doctrine and consideration for the Cuban’s fight for liberty. The Monroe Doctrine was written in 1823‚ and declared that: The Americas were not destined
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Cuba. Turkey‚ United Nations‚ NATO‚ France‚ Britain and Italy are the other parties which took part indirectly inside the crisis. Before the crisis occurred‚ Fidel Castro was in charge of Cuba. United States was not getting on well with him and trying to destroy the communist regime in Cuba‚ there were also some attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro by United States‚ besides‚ United States was suspending quota on Cuba. On the other hand‚ Soviet Union had good relationships with Cuba‚ they had some economic
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Summary: On November 21‚ 1963‚ President Kennedy‚ along with Jackie Kennedy‚ traveled to Texas where they planned to make several appearances in an effort to gain support for the Democratic Party before the 1964 presidential election. Prior to the trip‚ several White House officials warned the president that going to texas was a bad idea because the state was so densely republican and therefore‚ he might have been in for a hostile environment towards his democratic views. Kennedy rebuffed their
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JFK “JFK‚ blown away‚ what else do I have to say?” John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s significance was that he won presidency after narrowly beating Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election. The debates between Nixon and Kennedy were the first to be televised and many tilted toward Kennedy because he looked younger and healthier than Nixon did‚ which introduced the idea that public image was highly influential in the way Americans voted. Among John F. Kennedy ’s most notable and long-standing
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“The devil himself is in the house. The devil came here yesterday and it smells of sulfur still today." Hugo Chávez said on September 10th‚ 2006; defying President Bush in the United Nations (U.N.) assembly. Chávez as president of Venezuela since 1999‚ he defied the world by insulting Bush and other high rank political leaders. He has influenced governments of other countries by the power gained by oil such as Bolivia‚ Peru and Iran that has also defied the U.S. by selling military supplies to Iraqis
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Spain to fight the Fascists. Later in 1959‚ the Mexican government sentenced David to five years in jail for supporting a railroad workers’ union. In the last years of his life Alfaro Siqueiros continued to fight for left-wing causes and supported Fidel Castro. David Siqueiros died in 1974 in his home in Cuernavaca‚ Mexico‚ ending an incredible life that impacted Mexico
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(Gonzalez‚ 109). In the 19th century‚ more than 100‚000 Cubans (10% of their country’s population) migrated to America during Cuba’s independence wars. Most of them were tobacco workers looking for jobs American factories. In 1959‚ the revolution of Fidel Castro caused emigration en masse‚ with 215‚000 Cubans leaving the country in the space of 4 years. Four more waves of Cubans left since then – all different in composition and circumstances. During the 1960s and 1970s‚ another wave of Cubans left
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During the administration of our thirty fifth United States President‚ John F. Kennedy‚ the Cold War reached its most dangerous state‚ when the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) came to the brink of nuclear war in what was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this analysis‚ I will research and answer questions such as‚ what was the Cold War? What started the tensions between the United States and the USSR? What actions were taken and how were the problems resolved
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