51st State

Puerto Rico become a state early after Alaska and Hawaii



1959

 * September 1st- Puerto Rico becomes the 51st state by a vote of 57%-43%.

1960

 * Washington, D.C. is granted the right to vote in presidential elections just a few weeks before the 1960 election.
 * Richard Nixon defeats John F. Kennedy for the Presidency in a very close election. JFK had become unpopular amongst Latinos, Puerto Ricans and other supporters of it's statehood because of his opposition to Puerto Rico becoming a state.

1961

 * President Nixon orders the U.S. Air Force to support the invasion at the Bay of Pigs. Castro is killed within days and Cuba is secured within months of the invasion.
 * The Russians respond by building a wall in Berlin to keep East Berliners from escaping to the west.
 * President Nixon responds by ordering the CIA to greatly increase its aid to anti-Communists around the world. Nixon also asks Congress for a 25% increase in military spending (Congress will approve the Nixon defense plan in late-1961, but only after Nixon agrees to spending that the Democrat congress demands).

1962

 * President Nixon campaigns in the mid-terms for three main issues (1) An across the board tax-cut (2) A balanced budget (3) Continued pressure on Moscow. The Democrats respond in many cases by calling Nixon a 'war-monger'.
 * Nixon however, wins out when on October 14, he informs the nation that Moscow has placed nuclear war-heads in Egypt and is on the verge of closing the Suez cannel. Nixon condemns both Egypt and the Soviets and declares that the United States will be placing nuclear weapons in Israel and increases their missile sites in Turkey. After two weeks of negations, Moscow blinks and agrees to remove their missiles from Egypt (It was later discovered that Moscow left two war-heads in Egypt). The U.S. intern withdraws its missiles from Israel (though American scientists will aid Israel in its own nuke program).
 * Nixon is praised by the American people, his approval rating rises to 81% and the Republicans take back the Congress gaining 41 seats in the House for a total of 221, and 11 in the Senate for a total of 50. In California, movie-star Ronald Reagan is elected governor with 55% of the vote.
 * Nixon annexes Cuba after the military had been occuping the nation for almost 12 months. The Annexation of Cuba Act is approved by the US Congress. The USSR chastizes the US for annexing its former ally.

1963

 * Cuba is admitted into the Union as the State of Cuba. The first Cuban senators and representatives arrive in DC three weeks later.
 * The US Congress aproves larger operations in Vietnam. President Nixon increases US involvment in Vietnam by sending 30,000 troops to Vietnam.
 * The VietCong begin a brutal guerilla campaign. As a result Nixon sends an extra 10,000 troops and allows the US troops to cut off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This effectively cuts off any sort of infiltration into South Vietnam via a round-about way.
 * The VietCong continue to dwindle in numbers and morale. The North Vietnamese Army though begins to strengthen. Nixon authorizes US troops to invade the North out-right. The US Army quickly pushes aside the opposition and reaches Hanoi in nine weeks and destroy any sort of improvment the NVA made.
 * The United States of Vietnam is anounced with a US backed government in place. The USV becomes a protectorate of the USA in the Treaty of Saigon which makes the USV a soviergn nation under the protection of the United States of America.
 * The USSR calls American actions much like a "...disgusting skank...". Nixon responds by saying that the "USSR...should be ashamed that it can't even protect a nation infinently smaller then itself." The USSR doesn't respond.

1964

 * The United States of America continues to send troops into Vietnam to flush out the resistance fighters left in the jungles.
 * The USSR funds a NeoVietCong in the USV. The NVC become a deadly nussiance to the Americans and its 'ally'.
 * The USA begins Operation: Swift Justice and begins using massive napalm strikes on the unsuspecting NVC. The morale in many areas is wounded beyond repair.
 * As a result of the now effectivley de funt NeoVietCong the USSR sends Spetznaz units desguised as a new group of 'International Communist Freedom Fighters'. The ICFF destroys several USV outpost deep in the jungles. They also damage many electrical lines and military equipment.

1965

 * The CIA, in conjunction with the USV Army, begin small-scale operations within Vietnam. It is soon determined that the ICFF are Spetsnaz troops, but this information is not disclosed to the public in order to not create an international incident.
 * Outside of Saigon, a battle erupts between CIA and USV troops against the ICFF. The ICFF retreat into the jungle, but inflict heavy casualties. The battle proves that the ICFF are much tougher than they look. The USA and USV begin looking for alternate solutions to destroy the ICFF.
 * Heavy anti-America rioting erupts in Havana. The rioters demand full sovereignty from the United States, as they feel too "different" to be Americans. President Nixon seeks ways to quell the rioters, and eventually orders the 101st Airborne into Cuba.Riots.jpg
 * Nixon starts encouraging Americans to move to the sparsely populated Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Guam, Baker island, Howland Islands, American Samoa, and North Mariana islands.
 * A senator suggests giving half of Cuba back its independence as the Republic of Caobana as a way to stop the Havana Riots.
 * Mass immigration of Hispanics from the American State of Cuba to the Republic of Caobana occurs. Likewise, many Americans move to the state of Cuba.