PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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outbreak of the Cuban Revolution and the fall of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista
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execution of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion
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discovery of Soviet missile sites being developed in Cuba
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resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kennedy’s foreign policy was dominated by American confrontations with the Soviet Union, manifested by proxy contests in the global state of tension known as the Cold War. Like his predecessors, Kennedy adopted the policy of containment, which purported to stop the spread of Communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy hoped the Bay of Pigs Invasion would result in the overthrow of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. But the operation that unfolded over the next five days became one of the greatest military fiascoes in American history. President Dwight D.
Detailed explanation-3: -On April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force, known as Brigade 2506, landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire. Cuban planes strafed the invaders, sank two escort ships, and destroyed half of the exile’s air support.