Ind #10, Cold War …again
(put on binder paper)
• Words of the Day: put
on PINK paper
7. Enable
• To make possible
• His mom enabled him
to graduate by
ensuring that he did
his homework every
night.
8. Rival
• Opponent
• The US and the
USSR were rivals
during the Cold War.
Ind #1-7 were due on
Friday.
Third World
Approx. 80% of the world lives on
less than $10 a day.
Approx 40% of the world lives on
less than $2 a day.
• Developing nations w/political & economic
instability
– Often colonized and became independent in the
20th century
– Ethnic conflicts
– Lack of technology
& education
– They need help!
Who can help us?
• USSR offered: communism (to Congo,
Egypt, etc)
– Socialism: similar to communism (but not as
extreme)
• USA offered: democracy and freedom
• Both sent $ and supplies
• Who do you pick?
– Nonaligned nations: didn’t pick either side,
neutral, India
Latin America
• US goal: protect US businesses in Latin
Am often by supporting oppressive gov’s
• Communism appealed to poorer areas
$720, $2750, $8901
Cuba
• US supported dictator in 1950s
• Fidel Castro led communist revolution that
overthrows dictator in 1959 (domino theory?)
• Reforms: health care & education improve
• BUT: jails or executes opponents, ends
freedom of the press
• AND: took over US owned businesses
– How will the US respond to losing their
businesses?
Life in Cuba
• Can’t sell home
until recently
• Gov jobs pay
approx $15 – a
month!
• Recently able to
purchase cell
phones &
microwaves!
**Food rations for
10-15 days, ration
book keeps track of
purchases
Trade Embargo: cuts off trade
• US ends all trade w/Cuba
• Cuba turns to Soviet Union for help
• Embargo still exists today!
• Fidel is alive, but passed
Power to brother, Raul
Creating a….
IND. #11: CUBA
Part B, Page 493
1. Name 4 countries in which either the US
or Britain prevent a Communist takeover.
2. Name 2 countries to which the USSR
gives aid.
3. Answer 1 and 2 from the book
(geography skill builder).
Ind. #12: Cuban Crises
1. Another name for developing
countries.
2. Another name for communism.
3. Name for cutting off trade with
another country.
4. Country that the US does not trade
with even today.
Bay of Pigs
• 1961: Pres John F
Kennedy had US military
train Cuban exiles to
overthrow Castro
• Land in Bay of Pigs in
Cuba
• Castro defeats, US loses
1,189 men were captured and each
was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
After twenty months of negotiation,
most were released in exchange for
$53 million in food and medicine.
Cuban Missile Crisis
• Nikita Khrushchev,
leader of USSR,
builds 42 missile
sites in Cuba
• US spy planes find
them
– What does US do?
• JFK says:
– USSR must remove missiles
– US will blockade Cuba to prevent
any more from entering
– US is prepared to invade Cuba
*Remember, both countries have nuclear weapons
(A & H bombs)…. What happens if the USSR
continues to build missiles?
Brinkmanship:
edge of nuclear
war!
• Khrushchev backs down – removed
missiles
• Peace is maintained!
• BUT, Cuba is now completely dependent
on USSR for aid
– Helps encourage commie revolutions in Latin
Am & Africa