Competition+between+Russia+and+U.S.

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VS. =Arms Race:= After World War 2 America and Russia were the worlds two powers. It was a mystery who would come out on top. They were now competing by creating more threatening guns, bombs and tanks to outdo the other. Intimidation was now vital in order to make the other country feel threatened. This was extremely dangerous for everyone because they both had enough weapons to blow up the entire world multiple times. This increased the tension between the two countries. Not only were the people in these two countries frightened, but this event worried others around the world.

=Space Race:= = = = = =Cuban Missile Crisis:= == Fidel Castro of Cuba becomes the dictator. He is a communist and America becomes uncomfortable with him in power. Cuban refugees who were scared of communism come to the US. The CIA trains them so that they can go back to Cuba and get rid of Castro. It was a huge failure, all plans fell apart and it went down in history as the Bay of Pigs. Russia makes an alliance with Cuba. America at this time has missiles placed in Turkey, faced at Russia. Russian missiles are put in Cuba, aimed at America. America is threatened and requires that Russia removes missiles or they will bomb Cuba. Russia refuses to move the missiles. ==

1) Fidel Castro becomes the leader (dictator) of Cuba 2) U.S. doesn’t like communism so they want Castro out of power 3) Cuban refugees are trained by CIA so they can overpower and kick out Castro 4) Invasion with refugees fails and the plan falls apart; called the Bay of Pigs 4) Cuba makes an alliance with Russia 6) Russia puts missiles in Cuba aimed at America 7) U.S. feels threatened and requires Russia to remove missiles or they will bomb Cuba 8) Russia refuses to move the missiles (CRISIS)