https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi Jordan Fortunato, Sydney Nemiroff & Trevor Polizzi en-us 2022-01-27 14:20:30 UTC 2022-03-11 14:36:05 UTC hello@padlet.com tpolizzi23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090516479 The CIA had been working with Central America to train armies of anti-Castro Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow the Castro Regime. Kennedy felt as if Castro posed a threat to the stability of Latin American countries.]]> 2022-03-11 14:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090516479 snemiroff23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090518931 Kennedy traveled to Vienna in 1961 to meet with Nikita Khrushchev]]> 2022-03-11 14:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090518931 snemiroff23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090521930 Soviet Union stopped the exodus by directing East Germany to construct a wall between East and West Berlin. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090521930 snemiroff23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090524311 For 30 years, the Berlin Wall stood as a symbol of the conflict between the communist and non-communist worlds. American troops were deployed to West Berlin to show American determination to protect freedom but there was little the US could do to change the Soviet's mind. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090524311 snemiroff23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090526231 Rising tensions with the Soviet Union rose in October during the crisis of the Cold War. Summer 1962, American intelligence agencies became aware of the new wave of Soviet equipment in Cuba and military struction. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090526231 snemiroff23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090528407 Photos produced evidence that Soviets were constructing sites on the island for offensive nuclear weapons. Placing missiles in Cuba for the Soviets seemed reasonable and inexpensive. Kennedy and most Americans thought the sites represented an act of aggression by Soviets to US and decided the weapons should not be allowed to remain. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090528407 tpolizzi23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090528675 Kennedy ordered a quarantine against all offensive weapons. He put a naval and land blockade around Cuba which slowed down approaching Soviet ships. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090528675 jfortunato23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090532009  April 7, 1961
the initial bombing raid was flown by Cuban exile and it failed to cripple the Cuban Air Force. Kennedy only permitted a few naval jets, but it was too late. The entire mission had collapsed.]]> 2022-03-11 14:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090532009 tpolizzi23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090532609 About to strike an air attack on Cuba, Kennedy received a message from Khrushchev stating that the Soviet Union would remove the missiles from Cuba if America did not invade Cuba. The president also removed American missiles from Turkey to further please the Soviets. The day marked the end of the crisis. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090532609 tpolizzi23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090539974 JFK gave a speech announcing that he wanted to closer our relations with the Soviets and move a step closer to peace. During the same summer, many negotiations between the USSR and the US happened and both nations decided to stop testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere. "First step towards de-escalating."]]> 2022-03-11 14:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090539974 tpolizzi23 https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090549885 A year later Khrushchev fell out of power due to the humiliation he faced from retreating. This led to Brezhnev coming to power, and he was much less concerned with reform than prior USSR dictator. The crisis ultimately led to a Soviet arms buildup over the next 20 years because they USSR's military felt inferior after retreating from the US. This eventually led to an increase in the production of American arms as well. ]]> 2022-03-11 14:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jfortunato23/uo55fqmes0de2qi/wish/2090549885