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=__Event:Cuban Missile Crisis__= =John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He made all of the inportant desitions during the time of his presidency. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very 'worried about' subject for americans. It involved the soviet union and the US with a bunch of nuclear missiles.= =The Cuban Missile Crisis had many reasons to have begun. For example,Fidel Castro led a revolution on cuba in 1959. Also In October 1962, an American U2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. Because President Kennedy did not want Cuba and the Soviet Union to know that he had discovered the missiles, Kennedy met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. Another reason is that the United States knew that the missles were big enough to hold nuclear bombs so the soviet union admitted to sending weapons to cuba, but said that they were only for def. The United States thought communism would spread across the world. The Cold War was also a reason is because the Soviet Union and the US had conflicts against each other. = = As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. Noone was sure how the soviet union leader would respond to the blockade and demands. Also, the U.S made their own nuclear bomb, just in case of a nuclear war. For example, the Bay Of Pigs invasion was when Cubans (anti-communists) were trained to attack the island. Agreements to stop future nuclear wars were made. Communists took power over cuba. There were some other great happenings in this as well. = =This made me fell that he was really serios about the blockaid around cuba to stop missles around cuba. But I dont get why the soviet leader talked about sending weapons to cuba but for def. purposes. This was all of the great and bad problems that happened in the cuban missle crisis.= = = = =

=Causes:= =In October 1962, an American U2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. Because he did not want Cuba and the Soviet Union to know that he had discovered the missiles, Kennedy met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. The United States thought communism would spread across the world. The United States knew that the missles were big enough to hold nuclear bombs, because of spy drones found them. The Cold War was also a cause because the Soviet Union and the US had conflicts against each other.There were nuclear weapons hidden on cuba. The soviet union admitted to sending weapons to cuba, but said that they were only for def. Fidel Castro led a revolution on cuba in 1959. = =Impacts:= =Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. Agreements to stop future nuclear wars were made. Noone was sure how the soviet union leader would respond to the blockade and demands. For example, the Bay Of Pigs invasion was when Cubans (anti-communists) were trained to attack the island. Also, the U.S made their own nuclear bomb, just in case of a nuclear war. Noone knew how the soviet union leader would respond to the blockade and demands.Communists took power over cuba. =