Cuban Missile Crisis by Ethan Hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca en-us 2023-03-24 15:32:29 UTC 2023-03-30 18:04:20 UTC hello@padlet.com What did the U.S. want during the Cuban Missile Crisis? How did they try to meet their goals? shaneaaron https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532100368 During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States wanted the Soviet Union to remove the ballistic missiles they had deployed in Cuba. The US government saw these missiles as a direct threat to national security, as they could potentially strike major US cities with nuclear weapons. 

"Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this "quarantine," as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites."


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]]> 2023-03-26 22:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532100368 What did the USSR want during the Cuban Missile Crisis? How did they try to meet their goals? shaneaaron https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532104061 During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union wanted to establish a nuclear missile presence in Cuba as a means of countering the US nuclear capabilities in Europe and elsewhere. Specifically, they wanted to place medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba that could potentially reach major US cities, in order to create a strategic balance of power with the United States.

To achieve this goal, the Soviet Union began to secretly transport nuclear missiles and other military equipment to Cuba, in defiance of US demands for them to stop. The Soviet Union also engaged in diplomatic efforts to defend their actions and justify their presence in Cuba, while seeking to avoid an all-out military conflict with the US.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Cuban-missile-crisis]]> 2023-03-26 23:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532104061 Why was the US deeply invested in the Cuban missile crisis? How did it affect the region involved? shaneaaron https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532184735 The United States was deeply invested in the Cuban Missile Crisis because the deployment of Soviet missiles in Cuba posed a direct threat to national security. The US saw the missiles as a potential attack on their homeland, as the missiles were capable of striking major US cities with nuclear weapons. Additionally, the US was concerned about the spread of communism in the Western Hemisphere and the potential for Cuba to become a Soviet ally.

"As US-Cuban relations deteriorated, Castro turned to the Soviet Union for support. The Soviets signed multiple trade and aid agreements with Cuba, provided Castro with arms and weaponry, and also gave political support to the Cuban Revolution in the United Nations and other international organizations."

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]]> 2023-03-27 00:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532184735 As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, was communism contained or did it expand? shaneaaron https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532214690 The Cuban Missile Crisis did not result in a significant expansion or containment of communism. While the Soviet Union was forced to remove its missiles from Cuba, the overall influence of communism in the world remained largely unchanged.]]> 2023-03-27 01:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532214690 What are some modern connections to or ramifications of the Cuban Missile Crisis? shaneaaron https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532230298
  • US-Cuba relations: The US and Cuba have had a complicated relationship in the decades since the crisis. The US embargo on Cuba, which was initially imposed in response to the crisis, remains in place to this day, although there have been some recent efforts to normalize relations between the two countries.
  • Arms control and disarmament: The crisis underscored the danger of nuclear weapons and the importance of arms control and disarmament. Today, the US and Russia continue to negotiate arms control agreements, and the threat of nuclear war remains a concern.
  • Ukrainian - Russian War: Recently, President Vladimir Putin has threatened nuclear war against the West. See More:
    • https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-update-russias-elite-ukraine-war-major-speech-2023-02-21/
    ]]>     2023-03-27 01:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2532230298     ethan_hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2533308305 2023-03-27 15:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2533308305 ethan_hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534076269 2023-03-28 00:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534076269 President JFK's Letter to Chairman Khrushchev ethan_hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534078315 2023-03-28 00:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534078315 Summary ethan_hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534086921 The Cuban Missile Crisis was a political and military standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962. The crisis was triggered when the US discovered that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which could potentially reach major US cities. The US imposed a naval blockade of Cuba, demanding that the missiles be removed, and both sides engaged in a tense standoff that lasted for several weeks. The crisis ended when the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for a US promise not to invade Cuba and a secret agreement to remove US missiles from Turkey. The crisis marked the closest the world ever came to nuclear war and had a significant impact on US-Soviet relations and the Cold War.]]> 2023-03-28 00:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534086921 ethan_hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534087776 2023-03-28 00:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534087776 ethan_hoffman https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534088557 2023-03-28 00:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_hoffman/cuban-missile-crisis-deluca/wish/2534088557