Bay of Pigs Invasion

Discussion Question 4: Schweikart and Allen described U.S participation in World War II as reluctant, but once engaged in fighting, they became a powerful force. Zinn agreed, but also felt as though there were selfish, imperial intentions. Though described as warring with Hitler as a last resort, Roosevelt felt as though the United States’ interests and security were threatened, and therefore they entered the war. On December 7, 1941 the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred, shocking the…

conspiracy brought up by The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). After the 1959 Cuban Revolution brought Fidel Castro to power, thousands of Cubans migrated to the US with hopes to overthrow Castro and return to their homeland. When the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961 failed, Cubans were incapable of returning to Cuba and President Kennedy was to blame. The HSCA found that Cuban Exiles may have had something to do with Kennedys murder because of this. Another conspiracy that evolved…

The thirty-fifth president, John F. Kennedy, became well known for many reasons such as “his youth, wit, charm, and Hollywood looks, the president captivated the nation” (Overview:Inaugural). Kennedy had political experience, once he was elected for president he didn’t have a hard time adjusting to the job. He later on proved to his country that he was determined to give his country courage to move their native land toward peace and prosperity. “On the sunny, snow-covered afternoon of January…

Countries use embargoes as a way to cut off all ties with another country. Dictionary.com defines an embargo as a restriction that a government imposes upon commerce with another country. In 1959 a guerrilla resistance movement overthrew the Cuban government and began to take actions that were bad for the American economy. In October of 1960, the United States put an embargo on trade with Cuba because of the actions from the new government put into place and controlled by Fidel Castro. Tensions…

Kennedy’s New Frontier The Effect of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on the Arms Race of the Cold War The turn of the 1960’s ushered in an age of change, both politically and socially, in the United States. The Eisenhower years of the 1950’s was a time in America that focused very much on the establishment of conservative political values; the American dream was concrete, a man and a woman have a boy and a girl with a car, a nice house, and a white picket fence in suburban America. But the 1960’s…

Fear - a powerful emotion. Fear had the power to conquer all other feelings. Uncontrolled fear could be a more powerful weapon than pride, courage, disappointment, or anger. Fear could manipulate it victims in a way no other feeling could. The definition of fear was, “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid” (“Fear”). People though they knew what fear was since they experienced it before…

The United States and Cuba have suffered through an extremely long and difficult relationship over the past 55 years. The conflict arose due to many political and economic differences between the two countries, as well as the actions taken by Fidel Castro. The difficulties ultimately resulted in the United States placing an embargo on Cuba around 1960. Fortunately, these broken ties may be on the path to reconciliation, as President Obama and leader of Cuba, Raul Castro, are working to heal…

During the Cold War, there were a series of moments when the world seemed on the brink of nuclear annihilation. The closest of these moments was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and it left a lasting feeling of pessimism in the global atmosphere. The United States and the Soviet Union had been actively involved in an arms race and many feared that continued escalation would result in direct conflict between the two superpowers and their respective allies. It was in this atmosphere of…

A new form of cinema or third world cinema main goal as its main goal is to show how things really are. In the case of Cuba, it depicts how a socialist democratic society is. Third world cinema also, challenges the power structure and in due course increase social consciousness. This kind of social consciousness focuses, specifically, on creating a rational thinking within society by incorporating politics, nationalism, and a wide range of ideologies. This intricate cinema wants to reveal the…

Civilization Badge Session One 2016-2017 Signatures: MS:___________________________________ MS:___________________________________ LP/Guide:_______________________________ Badge Requirements Earning a Civilization Badge For each Civilization Badge: Lead at least one Socratic Civilization Discussion where your group agrees you were well prepared and submit the Launch, Socratic Questions and Close you prepared. For each discussion you don't lead: Post your answers to the research question plus…