• Cuba had gained independence and was supported by the US 
• There is a revolution within Cuba, and they ally with the Soviet Union
• The Soviet Union started sending missiles to Cuba, and the US was worried that they were going to bomb us
• Kennedy convinced the Soviet Union to back off and get the missiles out of Cuba 
• Pogroms- Stalin started sending people who disagreed with him to labor camps.  They continued under Khrushchev.
• KGB- secret police 
• Spy agency that was trying to find out if people were saying things against the government 
• Perestroika- more open conversation between the Soviet Union and US
• SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• controlled nuclear weapons
• Post Colonialism- 
• Countries becoming independent
• Gandhi led the peaceful revolution