HST 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Eisenhower Doctrine
22 Apr 2016
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Brokers of peace - camp david accords engineered by jimmy carter. Cuban missile crisis (1962) following the bay of pigs invasion (1961) Khrushchev took kennedy as weak for the mishap. Kennedy, for fear of looking weak, called the national guard and army reserve units to protect. West berlin, which khrushchev had threatened to limit us access to. Khrushchev responded by erecting the berlin wall. Didn"t get involved until they were threatened personally. German u boats would sink 5 american vessels in march 1917. After the sinking wilson asked the war and navy departments to expand military capabilities. President roosevelt signed a number of neutrality acts to prevent the us from becoming entangled. Only really became involved after they were attacked. Neutrality act of 1937 stated the goods other than arms and munitions exported to warring nations be sold in a cash-and-carry basis.
