4. Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

1956

Answer 1

Batista overtthrown by Castro

USA banned import of sugar

Question 2

1959

Answer 2

Krushchev brought sugar from Cuba

Sent weapons to Cuba

Question 3

September 1960

Answer 3

Krushchev promised Cuba military assistance

Question 4

January 1961

Answer 4

US break off diplomatic relations with Cuba

Question 5

Bay of Pigs, April 1961

Answer 5

US plane bomb Cuban airforce
Second bombing called off
La Brigada 2506 land, 20 000 of Castros men
100 dead, 1100 imprisoned

Question 6

Operation Mongoose, 1961

Answer 6

Attempted assasination of Castro

Question 7

September 1962

Answer 7

USSR put missiles in Cuba

Question 8

October 1962

Answer 8

U2 spy plane captures pictures of missiles

Question 9

October Crisis

Answer 9

US place naval blockade around Cuba
18 Soviet ships turn around, Kennedy demanded removal of missiles or war
Khrushchev offered removal of missiles if there was no invasion

Question 10

June 1965

Answer 10

Hotline built

Question 11

Short term consequences

Answer 11

Kennedy improved his reputation
USA removed missiles from Turkey and Italy
Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1963
Thaw in tensions

Question 12

Long term consequences

Answer 12

Détente
France leave NATO
Outer Space Treaty, 1968
Non proliferation Treaty, 1968
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, 1972