Cold War Guided Notes:

1) Sec. 4: Two Nations Living On The Edge: Cuba

A) Fidel Castro:
- Fidel Castro was a Cuban __________________, _______________________,
and ____________________________.
- Castro served as the first _________________ of the Communist Party in Cuba,
from its foundation in 1961 until 2011.
- Under Fidel Castros power he made Cuba a one-party communist state.
- Internationally, Castro was the ________________-__________________ of
the __________________________ from 1979-1983 & 2006-2008.
B) Cuban Revolution:
- In 1959, Fidel Castro led a small _____________________ army to victory in
the Cuban Revolution.
- Cuba under Fidel Castros power now is transformed into a
___________________________________________.
- After the Castro gains power in Cuba, he soon starts to seek aid from the
_____________________________.
- The _______________________ is alarmed by this revolution in
____________.
C) Bay of Pigs (1961):
- The _________________________ Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by
_________________- backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the governmental
system in _______________ under Fidel Castro.
- Invasion forces landed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba but was quickly defeated.
- Increasing friction between the United States and Fidel Castros
_________________- regime led President __________________ to break off
_________________ ties with Cuba and enforce an _______________ a ban
on trade with Cuba.
D) Cuban Missile Crisis:
- With the Bay of Pigs Invasion Fidel Castro saw another attack from the United
States as inevitable.
- _______________ began to seek ___________ once again from the Soviet
Union.

- In 1962, the _________________________ behind in the __________________

with the United States.
- The Soviets missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe,
but the United States missiles were capable of striking the entire Soviet Union.
- Fidel Castro was looking for a way to defend his island nation from an attack by
the United States.
- In April of 1962, the ____________________, under Premier Khrushchev,
secretly installed _____________________ in Cuba; only _____ miles away
from Florida!
- By October 1962, ________________ declared a naval __________________
to Cuba and demanded that the Soviets ________________________________
from Cuba.
- The two superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, stood at the brink of
____________________________.
- The Soviets stood down and ____________________ to
____________________ the nuclear missiles from Cuba.
- Over the next decades, Fidel Castro tried to encourage revolution in other Latin
American nations.
- He also sent troops to Africa in aid of socialists in Angola.

- Because of this the United States continued to isolate Cuba and undermine Fidel
Castro.