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Learning Curve: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis HandoutLearning Curve: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis Handout
Publisher
National Archives (UK)
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Handouts & References
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1140L
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Learning Curve: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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This resource provides information about Cuba's history and Castro's rise to power, the development of the relationship between Cuba and the USSR, a description of the events of the crisis, Kennedy's response to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba, the impact the crisis had on US society, and the following improvement in international relations between the US and USSR.

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fidel castro

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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