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History of the United States
Isaiah Mohr
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☆☆☆☆☆Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
brought communism too close for comfort
The Bay of Pigs incident took place at the south coast of Cuba. This action was accomplished in 1961 when Fidel Castro took power in Cuba.
OPEC is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world saw how close nuclear war had been. It was seen as the point in the Cold War when the USA and USSR were closest to engaging in nuclear warfare. Reconnaissance photographs taken by a high-altitude U-2 spy plane on 14 October 1962 revealed that Soviet missiles were being constructed in Cuba, and this caused a tense standoff for two weeks. After the crisis, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviets would dismantle the weapons installations and return the missiles to the Soviet Union, and remove Soviet light bombers from Cuba. This was on the condition that the United States would not invade Cuba.
Iran
Soviet ships stop and then turn back
Mikhail Gorbachev
Propaganda
Bay of pigs
the soviet union
a trade deficit
Fidel Castro
All of the above
Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt was the first leader of any Arab country to visit the State of Israel.
anwar el-sadat
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Détente is the word meaning a relaxing of strained tensions between countries, or political situations.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was planned during Eisenhower's administration. It was not ready until Kennedy was President. Kennedy had to give the ok for the plan to start.
