The Cold War

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People built more bomb shelters.

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End to a crisis!

The Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba.

In exchange, USA pledged to not invade Cuba again. And to remove missiles in Turkey (right).

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Afterward

A direct phone line was set up between their offices to bypass other channels.

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November 22, 1963

LBJ took the Presidency

JFK was shot in Dallas

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How did the USA try to contain communism?

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Marshall Plan – helped countries economically so they won’t go red.

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Helped anti-communist troops

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Embargoes

Refusing to trade or aid countries in order to punish them

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Cuba embargo

Still today, the USA has an economic embargo on communist Cuba.

Their only cars are from before the embargo!