Cuban Missile Crisis

• When was the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?

  April 1961
• When was Kennedy shown photos of USSR missile bases in Cuba?

  14th October 1962
• When did Kennedy meet with his executive committee?

  16th October 1962
• How long was the Naval Quarantine around Cuba?

  3300km
• What was the significance of the quarantine?

  Soviet ships couldn’t deliver nucelar material to Cuba
• How many ICBMS did Kennedy prepare on submarines?

  156
• When did Kennedy place ICBMs on submarines?

  16th - 22nd October 1962
• When did Kennedy give a speech against the USSR?

  22nd October 1962
• When did 8 Soviet Ships turn around to avoid naval blockade?


  24th October 1962
• When did Kennedy demand the removal of Soviet missiles?

  24th October 1962
• When did Kruschev send the letter promising removal of missiles , causing the lift of the blockade?

  26th October 1962
• When did Kruschev send the letter demanding the removal of US missiles from Turkey?

  27th October 1962
• When did Kennedy agree to remove Turskish missiles if Cuban missiles were removed?

  28th October 1962
• How long did Kennedy give the USSR to reply to denand for removal of Cuban Missiles?

  1 day
• When was the Cuban Revolution?

  1959
• Who was overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution?

  General Batista
• Who replaces Batista?

  Fidel Castro
• When was all US trade with Cuba banned?

  October 1960
• Who banned US trade with Cuba?

  Eisenhower
• When did the USSR begin providing trade with Cuba?

  February 1960
• When did the USSR begin providing economic aid to Cuba?

  September 1960
• When did the USA break diplomatic ties with Cuba?

  January 1961
• Who were La Brigada 2506?

  Cuban exiles
• How many exiles were sent to invade Cuba?

  1400
• How many of Castro’s army did the exiles meet?

  20000
• When were La Brigada met with Castro’s army?

  17th April 1961
• When did fighting in Cuba cease?

  19th April 1961
• How many La Brigada were killed?

  100
• How many La Brigada were imprisoned?

  1100
• How much worth of food and medicine were given to Cuba as ransom?

  $53 million
• When did Castro announce conversion to Communism?

  End of 1961
• When did the U2 spy plane take pictures of Cuban Missile bases?

  14th October 1962
• When did Kruschev resign?

  1964
• What was set up between the Whitehouse and the Kremlin?

  Hotline
• When was the Limited Test Ban treaty?

  1963
• What was the Limited Test Ban treaty?

  USA and USSR stopped testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
• When was the Outer Space treaty?

  1967
• What was the Outer Space treaty?

  Countries agreed Nuclear weapons wouldn’t be put into orbit
• When was the Nuclear Non-Profileration treaty?

  1968
• What was the Nuclear Non-profileration treaty?

  Agreed to stop the development of nuclear weapons