The Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis

Agenda 11/13-15:

Students learned about the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis. I emphasized that both events served to empower Castro's status as he made himself look like a hero that had repelled the United States. These events also gave Castro the justification to repress the Cuban population, repression political dissent, eliminating free press, and greater control of the country.

If you missed class read section 3.3 in Pearson.