Consequesces

Question 1

What did the USA gain from this crisis

Answer 1

• nuclear missiles removed from Cuba
• the missiles in turkey were removed secretly two months later
• JFK was no longer seen as weak and inexperienced ( his decision to impose a naval blockade was justified)

Question 2

What did the USSR gain form the crisis

Answer 2

• Cuba remained a communist country only 90 miles from the USA
• Cuba continued to look to the USSR for protection

Question 3

What did the USA lose from this crisis

Answer 3

Missiles in Turkey and angered some of the nato allies

Question 4

What did the USSR lose from this crisis

Answer 4

• the USSR was publicly seen to have backed down

- Khrushchev was removed from office in 1964 (the military felt they had been forced into a humiliating withdrawal )

Question 5

What did the world gain from this crisis

Answer 5

• a direct hot line phone link was setup between Moscow and Washington
• a nuclear test ban treaty was set up in 1963

Question 6

What did Cuba get from this crisis

Answer 6

• secures independence

- felt like a pawn in a game (which could have destructed his island)