cuban missile crisis

Question 1

USA supported independent fighters against spain + set up pro-American government

Answer 1

1898

Question 2

monroe doctrine

Answer 2

1823

Question 3

castro returned from mexico with group of rebels

Answer 3

1956

Question 4

castro established a new government

Answer 4

1 jan 1959

Question 5

soviets agreed to buy 1/2 million tonnes of sugar from cuba

Answer 5

1959

Question 6

land reform law

Answer 6

may 1959

Question 7

castro visited NYC to address UN general assembly

Answer 7

sep 1960

Question 8

USA intensified its economic campaign against Cuba

Answer 8

nov 1960

Question 9

bay of pigs invasion

Answer 9

17 april 1961

Question 10

operation mongoose

Answer 10

nov 1961

Question 11

castro declared himself communist

Answer 11

dec 1961

Question 12

soviet ambassador asked castro to accept nuclear missiles in cuba

Answer 12

may 1962

Question 13

agreement on secret transportation of soviet missiles to cuba

Answer 13

10 june 1962

Question 14

first nuclear warheads raved + constructions of launch sites + military bases

Answer 14

4 oct 1962

Question 15

american spy plane noticed missile launch site in cuba

Answer 15

14 oct 1962

Question 16

USA decided on blockade

Answer 16

19 oct 1962

Question 17

reported that soviet missiles were already operational in cuba

Answer 17

20 oct 1962

Question 18

kennedy announced discovery of missiles in cuba + demanded for soviet leadership to remove them + imposed blockade around cuba

Answer 18

22 oct 1962

Question 19

blocakde went into effect

Answer 19

24 oct 1962

Question 20

khrushchev sent second letter to kennedy

Answer 20

26 oct 1962