cuban missile crisis

• What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  1962
• What plane was used to discover missiles on Cuba?

  U2 spy plane
• What option did Kennedy choose to deal with the missiles?

  Naval Blockade
• What did Kennedy state on television about the missiles?

  That he would tolerate nuclear missile basis on Cuba.
• During the crisis the Soviet ships came very close to triggering war. What is this called?

  Brinkmanship.
• How many telegrams did Khrushchev send to Kennedy?

  2
• Who was the president during the CMC?

  Kennedy
• Who was Soviet leader during the CMC?

  Krushchchev?
• What did the Outer Space Treaty do?

  Banned the placement of nuclear weapons in orbit, in space or on the Moon by either superpower.
• What did the hotline do

  Eased tensions between US and USSR allowed Kennedy to

  communicate directly with Khrushchev.
• What did the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty do?

  The US, USSR, UK (and other nuclear countries) agreed not to sell nuclear weapons to other nations.
• what happened to Krushchev after the Cuban Missile crisis?

  he was fired leading to the USSR having a damaged reputation.