History cold war cuban missile crisis

• Key events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis

  1️⃣ Fidel Castro overthrows Batista in 1959

  2️⃣ Castro seeks support from the USA but is rejected

  3️⃣ Castro turns to the Soviet Union for support

  4️⃣ Castro nationalizes American-owned companies
• When did Fidel Castro overthrow Batista in Cuba?

  1959
• Castro was a communist before 1960.

  False
• President Eisenhower refused to speak with Castro when he sought support for his new state
• Which Soviet leader offered support to Castro's government?

  Khrushchev
• Match the US response to the Cuban Revolution with its description:

  Trade embargo ↔️ Deprived Cuba of markets for sugar and tobacco

  Bay of Pigs invasion ↔️ Failed attempt to overthrow Castro
• Castro nationalized all American-owned companies in Cuba and refused to pay compensation
• Why did the US trade embargo backfire on the Americans?

  Cuba turned to the USSR
• The Bay of Pigs invasion was successful in overthrowing Castro.

  False
• Kennedy cancelled an order to provide US Air Force support for the Cuban resistance
• Key events during the Bay of Pigs invasion

  1️⃣ CIA lands Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs

  2️⃣ Kennedy cancels US Air Force support

  3️⃣ Rebels are met by Cuban troops

  4️⃣ Rebels are defeated and captured
• What was the outcome of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

  Rebels were defeated
• The Bay of Pigs invasion increased Kennedy's credibility in the eyes of the Soviet Union.

  False
• Kennedy's handling of the Bay of Pigs made him look weak and aggressive
• When were Soviet missile launch sites discovered in Cuba?

  October 14, 1962
• Match the Soviet motivation for placing missiles in Cuba with its explanation:

  To close the missile gap ↔️ USA had missiles in Turkey

  Domestic politics ↔️ Strengthen Khrushchev's position

  To protect Cuba ↔️ Prevent another Bay of Pigs
• Cuba was only 90 miles from the coast of Florida
• Khrushchev wanted to strengthen his political position in the USSR by placing missiles in Cuba.

  True
• What was Khrushchev's primary goal in placing missiles in Cuba?

  Protect Cuba
• Kennedy's options to respond to the Soviet threat in Cuba

  1️⃣ Ignore the missiles

  2️⃣ Involve the UN

  3️⃣ Blockade Cuba

  4️⃣ Invade Cuba with soldiers

  5️⃣ Launch air attacks
• Kennedy's team of advisors was known as EX-Comm
• What was Kennedy's primary concern during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  Prevent nuclear war
• Kennedy called the US blockade of Cuba a quarantine
• Some advisors in Washington believed the USA could win a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  True
• Key events during the naval blockade of Cuba

  1️⃣ Kennedy imposes the blockade

  2️⃣ Khrushchev threatens to break the blockade

  3️⃣ Soviet ships turn back

  4️⃣ Increased missile launch site construction reported

  5️⃣ Khrushchev offers to remove missiles

  6️⃣ Kennedy accepts Khrushchev's first letter

  7️⃣ Khrushchev agrees to remove all missiles
• What did Khrushchev promise to remove if the USA lifted the blockade?

  Launch sites
• Khrushchev agreed to remove all missiles from Cuba in a public message broadcast on Moscow radio.

  True
• Kennedy privately offered to consider the removal of missiles from Turkey
• The Cuban Missile Crisis led to the creation of a hotline between Washington DC and Moscow.

  True
• What was Khrushchev's main achievement during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  Saved Cuba from invasion
• Kennedy stood up to the USSR and kept nuclear missiles out of Cuba
• What was agreed at SALT1?

  No more ICBMs