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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Bay of Pigs Cuba Fidel Castro guerrilla Turkey United States unsuccessful
1. Cuba is an island nation about 90 miles away from the
[?]
.
2.
[?]
became the new leader of Cuba in 1959.
3. President Eisenhower gave $13.1 million to the CIA to train the exiles in
[?]
warfare.
4. The United States decided to help the exiles invade
[?]
.
5. On April 17, 1500 soldiers landed at the
.
6. The mission was
[?]
.
7. The U.S.S.R. and the United States worked out an agreement. The Soviets would take their missiles out of
and the United States would take their missiles out of
.
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