Cuban-American Relations (1959-1969)

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Across
  1. 1. allowing the US to oversee Cuban treaties, intervene in its internal affairs, and secure a naval base at Guantánamo Bay
  2. 3. prohibited all importation of goods from or through Cuba
  3. 5. series of airlifts that allowed the Cuban citizens to legally immigrate to the US from Cuba during the Cuban Revolution
  4. 6. tense 13-day standoff after an American U‑2 reconnaissance detected Soviet missiles being planted in Cuba, 90 miles from Florida
  5. 7. secret operation
  6. 8. failed US CIA invasion with Cuban exiles in attempts to remove Castro’s Communist forces
  7. 9. known as the playground for the US
  8. 10. roughly 200,000-250,000 Cubans departed the island in what became known as the first major post‑revolution exodus
Down
  1. 2. historian of the 20th century US history
  2. 4. domestic politics negatively affected US-Cuban relations