Cuban missile crisis

• What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

  1962
• What incident humiliated the USA and contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  U2 spy plane incident
• Why did the USSR believe they were in a strong position before the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  Due to Western non-resistance to the Berlin Wall
• Who overthrew the American-backed leader Batista in 1959?

  Fidel Castro
• Why did the USA want to remove Fidel Castro from power?

  They didn't want a socialist country near America
• How far is Cuba from the coast of America?

  90 miles
• Why did Castro do a deal with the USSR?

  Because the USA refused to buy Cuba's sugar crop
• What event occurred in April 1961?

  Bay of Pigs invasion
• What was the outcome of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

  The USA-backed rebels were easily defeated
• What did American U2 spy planes photograph on 28 October 1962?

  Soviet missile sites on Cuba
• What action did Kennedy take in response to the Soviet missile sites?

  Ordered a naval blockade and threatened retaliation
• How many days did the world teeter on the brink of nuclear war?

  10 days
• What deal did Kennedy make with Khrushchev to resolve the crisis?

  Kennedy promised to remove US missiles from Turkey
• What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis for Khrushchev?

  He seemed to have failed and backed down
• What was set up between Moscow and Washington after the crisis?

  A telephone 'hot line'
• Why did Kennedy become the hero of the Western world?

  Because he successfully resolved the crisis without war
• Why did the two powers realize they had come close to nuclear war?

  Because of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• What treaty was signed in 1963?

  Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• What were the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  • Superpower tension
  • U2 spy plane incident
  • Berlin Wall construction
  • Fidel Castro's Cuba
  • Bay of Pigs invasion
• What were the events of the Thirteen Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  1. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade
  2. Kennedy threatened retaliation if any missile was fired
  3. Kennedy promised to remove US missiles from Turkey
  4. Khrushchev removed the missiles and the crisis was over
• What were the outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  • Khrushchev seemed to have failed
  • Kennedy became the hero of the Western world
  • Telephone 'hot line' set up between Moscow and Washington
  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed in 1963