Cuban Misile Crisis

Question 1

Missile crisis

Answer 1

Closest to nuclear war

White House and Kremlin

Question 2

Background

Answer 2

Fidel Castro on jan 1 1959
Overtire fulgencio Batista

USA wait and see approach

Castro turns to soviets

Eisenhower cuts ties

Question 3

Bay of pigs

Answer 3

Cuba is 150km from USA

Eisenhower and CIA
Train Cuban exils
Kennedy went along with it

17 April -1500 exils
Failed

1962- Cuba most equipped in Latin America

Question 4

Évents of crisis

Answer 4

USA in state of readiness

USA could strike while USSR

Khrushchev puts intermediate missiles

Summer 62 - missile installation
October 62 - spy planes sees

15 Oct - Kennedy told

Question 5

Kennedy’s response

Answer 5

Executive committee of national security council
Ex- Comm
12 trusted advisers

7 days of secret debate
Naval quarantine

Question 6

Impact on relations during crisis

Answer 6

USA still policy of containment

22 Oct
America made aware of situation

Nukes launched act of war by USSR
US ships intercept soviet ships

Khrushchev agreed
Kennedy didn’t agree to removing his missiles

Question 7

Outcomes

Answer 7

Kennedy reputation increase

Kennedy and Khrushchev relationship increase

63- hot line
63- test ban treaty

Khrushchev criticised and end of career