Nikita Krushchev - Leader of Soviet Union during Cuban Missile Crisis, John F Kennedy - U.S. president during Cuban Missile Crisis, Fulgencio Batista - Cuban dictator that the U.S. once supported, Bay of Pigs - also called "Operation Bumpy Road", Spanish-American War - was triggered by the sinking of the USS Maine, Platt Amendment - Gave the US Guantanamo Bay and the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, Dwight D Eisenhower - U.S. president who broke off ties with Cuba, Soviet Union - was Cuba's main trading partner after 1960, Fidel Castro - was exiled to Mexico, then returned in 1956 to lead a revolution, Cold War - intense competition for political and economic power, between U.S. and Soviet Union, January 1, 1959 - when Fidel Castro became Cuba's ruler, Totalitarianism - government ruled by one or a handful of people, Democracy - government by and for the people, Collectivism - working together to meet the needs of all people, October 15, 1962 - date of Kennedy's formal demand for the Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba, Turkey - place where the US had missiles near the Soviet Union, Capitalism - where people can decide what they want to do with their lives, and own and control their own businesses, Socialism - the government controls all businesses and all people are considered equal, Direct/Indirect Representation - two types of democracy,

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