Aftermath Of Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

What happened on 16th October 1962?

Answer 1

Excom was set up to discuss solutions and met every thirteen days

Question 2

What happened on 22nd October 1962?

Answer 2

Agreement was made to set up a naval blockade instead of launching attack. No ships could pass through the blockade without US permission

Question 3

What did Kennedy appear on US television for on 22nd October 1962?

Answer 3

To inform a shocked US public about the missiles in Cuba

Question 4

How did many Americans expect the USSR to react to the blockade?

Answer 4

Ignore it. Then the USA would have to sink Soviet ships and war would follow

Question 5

How did Kennedy prepare in case Soviet Union ingored blockade?

Answer 5

Had 54 bombers, each with four nuclear warheads, in case war broke out

Question 6

What is the saying that the world did while waiting to see what USSR did with blockade?

Answer 6

The world held its breath

Question 7

What happened on 24th October 1962?

Answer 7

The Soviet ships reached the blockade and turned around

Question 8

What did Dean Rusk, the US secretary of State tell Kennedy?

Answer 8

‘I think the other guy just blinked!’ when Soviet ships turned around

Question 9

Although direct confrontation was avoided with blockade, what was still a problem?

Answer 9

Soviets still had missile sites in Cuba and USA wanted them removed

Question 10

What happened on 26th October 1962?

Answer 10

Khrushchev sent Kennedy a telegram offering to remove missiles from Cuba of Americans agreed not to invade

Question 11

What happened on 27th October before Kennedy could respond to first telegram?

Answer 11

Another telegram arrived saying Khrushchev would remove missiles only if US missiles in Turkey were also removed

Question 12

What happened on the same day the second telegram was sent (27th Oct)?

Answer 12

American U-2 plane shot down over Cuba

Question 13

How did the Hawks react to the U-2 plane being shot down in Cuba?

Answer 13

They demanded military action but Kennedy refused

Question 14

Which telegram did Kennedy agree to?

Answer 14

The first one.

Question 15

What happened on 28th October 1962?

Answer 15

Khrushchev agreed with Kennedy’s acceptance of first telegram

Question 16

What did Kennedy’s brother, Robert, do?

Answer 16

Met the Soviet ambassador in Washington and agreed to remove Turkish missiles, but this part of the deal was kept secret

Question 17

What did the Cuban Missile crisis make clear?

Answer 17

What could happen if the Soviet Union or USA continued to follow a policy of brunkmanship

Question 18

What is brinkmanship?

Answer 18

Pushing disagreements to the point of a risk of war

Question 19

Luckily, war was avoided but what did the superpowers want to make sure?

Answer 19

Future misunderstandings would not cause war to break out

Question 20

How many steps were taken to ensure war didn’t break out in the future?

Answer 20

Four

Question 21

What happened in June 1963?

Answer 21

A hotline was set up between Moscow and Washington for direct communication

Question 22

What happened in August 1963?

Answer 22

Test Ban Treaty was signed by USA, Soviet Union and GB

Question 23

What did the Test Ban Treaty agree?

Answer 23

To prohibit the testing of nuclead weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmopshere. Importan step to control of nuclear weapons

Question 24

What happened in 1967?

Answer 24

Outer Space treaty was signed

Question 25

Why was the Outer Space Treaty worth signing?

Answer 25

A ‘space race’ had begun between USA and Soviet Union so launcing a military attack from Space seemed possible

Question 26

What was agreed in the Outer Space Treaty?

Answer 26

Not to use Space for military purpose. This treaty specifically ruled pit putting nuclear weapons in orbit

Question 27

What was signed in 1968?

Answer 27

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Question 28

What was agreed in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty?

Answer 28

Not to share their nuclear technology with other countries, stopping the spread of nuclear weapons

Question 29

How did these changes after the Cuban Missile crisis change the world?

Answer 29

Made it a safer place

Question 30

How had Kennedy shown himself in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 30

To be a strong leader, not only in standing up to Khrushchev, but also confronting the Hawks in his own government

Question 31

What happened to relations after Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 31

Seemed to be peaceful but slightlg sour as Kennedy seemed to have the power edge on Khrushchev

Question 32

Why did Kennedy’s popularity increase in the US?

Answer 32

As the agreement in Turkey hadn’t been made public

Question 33

What did the increased popularity for Kennedy do for him?

Answer 33

Gave him more confidence in his dealings with USSR

Question 34

Why did Khrushchev claim he was he victor after the missile crisis?

Answer 34

He had guaranteed the security of Cuba

Question 35

How did Moscow feel about the Cuban Missile crisis?

Answer 35

The military felt they had been forced into a humiliating withdrawal

Question 36

What was the unpopularity in Moscow a significwnt factor in?

Answer 36

Khrushchev’s dismissal in 1964

Question 37

What did researchers at Harvard University work out would have happened if the USA and USSR had fired missiles at each other during the missile crisis?

Answer 37

100 million would have been killed in US and 100 million in USSR.