Bay Of Pigs Invasion 1961

Question 1

What had happened in Cuba in 1959?

Answer 1

A revolution

Question 2

What had President Eisenhower began planning for in 1960?

Answer 2

The Bay of Pigs

Question 3

How big was the invasion force that landed at the Bay of Pigs on the 17th April 1961?

Answer 3

2,000 Cuban exiles

Question 4

Why did the invasion force of Cuban ‘exiles’ fail (at least two reasons)?

Answer 4

I.The Cuban army knew the plan They didn’t have enough men or weapons.
II.American support wasn’t enough.

Question 5

How did the failed invasion make the USA look like hypocrites?

Answer 5

The USA trying to remove a popular leader to replace them with a dictator.

Question 6

What did Castro do afterwards to demonstrate the forging of stronger links between Cuba and the USSR?

Answer 6

I.Started trading with the USSR.
II.Declared the Cuban revolution to have been a Communist one.
III.Began talks with Khrushchev about putting nuclear missiles in Cuba.