cuban revolution

• The corrupt leader of Cuba before 1959

  Batista
• The leader of Cuba who replaced Batista

  Castro
• What did the USA stop trading with Cuba when Castro came to power?

  Sugar/cuban cigars
• The ussr and Cuba signed a trade deal worth how much?

  100 million dollars
• How close is Cuba to the USA?

  90 miles
• What did Castro do to American owned business in Cuba?

  Nationalised them
• How many exiles did the CIA train to launch an invasion?

  1500
• What was the name given to the attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro?

  The Bay of Pigs
• What did Castro declare about the Cuba after the invasion

  That it was now a communist country
• What did Kennedy state live on television?

  That the USA would not interfere with Cuba
• What did Kennedy and the press refer to the crisis as?

  A fiasco
• As a consequence of the bay of pigs, what weapons were sent to Cuba?

  Conventional weapons
• What plane was used to spy on Cuba.

  The U2 spy plane
• What was discovered on Cuba in 1962 triggering the crisis?

  Nuclear weapons