(History) The Cuban Missile Crisis

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS @p0stc4rds_ BI-POLARITY AND THE COLD WAR O’Level

01 02 03 04 How did the USA contribute to the CMC? How did Cuba contribute to the CMC? How did the CMC unfold? How were the leaders influenced? TABLE OF CONTENTS

How did the USA contribute to the CMC? You can enter a subtitle here if you need it 01

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USA ’s attempts to keep influence in the Americas for their business and influence Stated the further attempts by European powers to colonise or interfere in the Americas would be viewed by the USA as an ‘act of aggression’ MONROE DOCTRINE (1823) CUBAN INDEPENDENCE (1898) USA backed Cuban independence fighters in the war against Spain and set up a pro-American government in Cuba that was not allowed to make alliances without the USA’s approval

US INFLUENCE IN CUBA American companies invested heavily in Cuban industries and bought land to build factories in Cuba to produce more raw materials Many of the sugar + tobacco plantations were owned by wealthy Cubans who worked with American investors, which caused a large economic gap between the majority of poor Cubans and the minority of the rich Cubans US ECONOMIC BENEFITS USA profited heavily from dealing with Cuba USA VS. CUBA (ECONOMY) The heavy reliance on sugar for economic growth made the Cuban economy extremely vulnerable to sudden and drastic change sin the prices of sugar CUBAN ECONOMIC GAPS CUBAN ECONOMY EFFECTS

PUPPET PRESIDENTS USA installed a series of ‘puppet presidents’ to guard their own interests in the region, angering Cuban nationalists Batista (right) established relationships with the USA mafia and operated w a dictatorship-like rule, but was kept in his position as the USA feared that oher leadership would sway Cuba to communism

CASTRO! USA’s control eventually spurred on revolution in the region, installing Castro as a leader and the USA agreed to recognise Castro’s government as long as they held elections held soon to establish new democratic government

How did Cuba contribute to the CMC? 02 You can enter a subtitle here if you need it

(1959) IN response to US government pressuring their companies NOT to process USSR oil, Castro nationalised oil refineries to allow them to process Soviet oil The USA reduced the Cuban Sugar Quota from 3 million to 700k tonnes , the surplus of which was bought by the USSR + China Cuba’s Minister of Industries went to Egypt, Yugoslavia, Indonesia to seek new markets foir Cuban Sugar NATIONALISING OIL INDUSTRIES (JUNE 1960) (1959) LAND REFORM LAW (1959) Established deals with USSR, as they had agreed to buy half a million tonnes of sugar and that teh Russians would buy a million tonnes ofd sugar over five years and would barter Soviet oil for BCuban sugar THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT MADE CUBA LESS RELIANT ON THE USA Foreigners were no longer allowed to run plantations + large estates had to give their properties to the government Castro nationalized all major US properties in Cuba and all American-owned franchises, which USA vieweed as an act of war as its economic interests in Cuba were threatened SUGAR QUOTA REDUCTION (JULY 1960) COMPLETE NATIONALISATION OF CUBA (AUG-SEP 1960)