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Slide 1The Cuban Missile Crisis (October Crisis), 1962 Mr. Kurtis Werner Slide 2 Lesson objectives/questions What was the background to the events in Cuba? What was the background…

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1. 2. What was that?The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War. In September…

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