In 1960, the u. s. government began funding and training a group of about 1,400 cuban exiles to invade cuba. the purpose of the event known as the bay of pigs invasion was to a. bring a peaceful end to the cold war b. end cuban drug running to the u. s c. overthrow cuban dictator fidel castro d. locate all nuclear weapons in cuba

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u.s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.