By the time you finish this playlist, you should be able to: • Outline the historical and political context of Cuba during the Cold War, especially the Cuban Revolution • Cold War themes and philosophies that frame the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis • Understand key events of US involvement in Cuba • Explain the impacts that events in Cuba had on US and Soviet policies in the Cold War
By the time you finish this playlist, you should be able to identify and explain the historical context of the following terms: -Truman Doctrine -domino theory -containment -massive retaliation / nuclear retaliation -flexible response -mutually assured destruction -blockade -embargo
By the time you finish this playlist, you should be able to identify and explain the historical context of the following people, places, and events: -John F. Kennedy -Nikita Khrushchev -Fidel Castro -Che Guevera -Cuban Missile Crisis -Bay of Pigs
