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Cuban Missile Crisis

The Bipolar World

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 26 August 2015 Chapter 38 Outline Bipolar World 7/1959, vice pres. Of US Richard M. Nixon arrived in Moscow to open American Nat?l Exhibition, display of US goods in Russia Host Soviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, didn?t embrace it US Congress passed ?captive nations? resolution, criticized USSR for mistreatment of satellite nations, Khrushchev was convinced Nixon?s visit was humiliation Before visiting exhibition, Khrushchev/Nixon debated about captive nations Took place in US model house built for exhibit Khrushchev mocked appliances in kitchen, including lemon juicer/dishwasher Epitomized ?capitalist attitude toward women? Argued working class couldn?t afford them

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The Cold War Divides the World 17.4 Third World: often newly independent & developing nations Africa, Latin America, Asia Traded assistance from the USSR or US in return for their support in the Cold War Nonaligned nations: the independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the U.S. & Soviet Union India, Indonesia How was the Cold War fought 1. Foreign Aid: $$ 2. Espionage: Spies 3. Multinational Alliances: NATO v. Warsaw Pact 4. Propaganda: Radio 5. Brinkmanship: Threats 6. Surrogate Wars: Korea, Vietnam etc. The Cuban Revolution Important People Battista: American supported, but unpopular Cuban dictator Castro: leader of the communist revolution-overthrew Battista Eisenhower: American President
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