Why was the cuban revolution important to the United States?

The Cuban Revolution was a crucial turning point in U.S.-Cuban relations. Although the United States government was initially willing to recognize Castro's new government, it soon came to fear that Communist insurgencies would spread through the nations of Latin America, as they had in Southeast Asia.

Explanation:  When Fidel Castro seized power in 1959, the United States did not initially view Cuba as a security threat. ... The other reason that U.S. leaders viewed Cuba as a security threat was because Castro, Che Guevara, and others supported and encouraged revolution throughout Latin America and Africa.

president jefferson protested this interference in american trade. he sent james monroe to london to negotiate a treaty. jefferson wanted britain to stop taking sailors from american ships, and to stop interfering in the trade of neutral nations. monroe tried many times to discuss such an agreement. but the british foreign minister was always too busy to see him.

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