In July 1959 Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba in which he overthrew Fulgencio Batista. Fidel made many actions that upset the United States. For example, he turned Cuba into a communist nation. The United States response was that the two split up and Dwight Eisenhower imposed trade restrictions on Cuba. The Bay of the Pigs was a failed military invasion on Cuba and its purpose was to attempt to ever throw Castro. In July 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis took place and that the American spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built.
Some of the many actions President John F Kennedy took in response to the discovery of missiles in Cuba by placing a "ring of ships" around Cuba. For the next several days everyone was scared that a nuclear war or World War II was going to start. The resolution President John F Kennedy and Russian Nikita Khrushchev came to the agreement that the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the U.S not to invade China. In July 1959 Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba in which he overthrew Fulgencio Batista.
Some of the many actions President John F Kennedy took in response to the discovery of missiles in Cuba by placing a "ring of ships" around Cuba. For the next several days everyone was scared that a nuclear war or World War II was going to start. The resolution President John F Kennedy and Russian Nikita Khrushchev came to the agreement that the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the U.S not to invade China. In July 1959 Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba in which he overthrew Fulgencio Batista.