African Independence

Africa changed a lot over 20 years cause they lost a lot of their colonies. They are all now independent coountries. Patrice Lumumba was ther first prime minister of africa. He ruled a divided country. The local leader Moise Tshombe. he wanted to declare independence for his country. then Mombutu ruked africa. He used force rule, one party rule, and gifts to his supporters.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest we ever got to having a nuclear war. The United States were more then ready for this, and the Soviet Union was ready with there nuclear weapons if anyone tried to take over their land. Luckily thanks to John F.Kennedy the war never got to start.
the United States missiles were no comparison to the Soviet Union's. This whole thing started when John F. Kennedy saw some pictures of the Soviet Union making some missiles. Right away Kennedy made a group called the EX-COMM and they were a special group to form some of the greatest missiles. Within 7 days this happened.