Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

16 October

Answer 1

Kennedy called together an Executive Commitee to discuss how US should react.

Question 2

22 October

Answer 2

After several days of discussion, Kennedy decided not to launch an attack.Instead set up a naval blockade which prevented ships reaching Cuba without US permission

Question 3

24 October

Answer 3

Soviet ships reached the blockade.Decided not to interact so direct confrontstion could be avoided

Question 4

26 October

Answer 4

Khrushchev sent Kennedy a telegram.Offering to remove missiles in Cuba if US didn’t attack

Question 5

27 October

Answer 5

Before Kennedy could reply Khrushchev sent another telegram saying missiles would only be removed if missiles from Turkey were removed as well

Question 6

28 October

Answer 6

There was an agreement.Kennedy agreed to remove missiles of Turkey but this part of the deal was kept secret

Question 7

Consequences of superpower relations

Answer 7

Tensions between superpowers decreases.Communication increased to try and stop these nearly catastrophic events
In June 1963 a hotline was established between Washington and Moscow.

Question 8

What is the Limited Test Ban Treaty 1963

Answer 8

All future testing had to be conducted underground to stop nuclear radiation

Question 9

What is Outer Space treaty 1967

Answer 9

Forbade countries to put weapons of mass destructions in space

Question 10

The nuclear non proliferation Treaty 1970

Answer 10

Agreed not to supply countries that didn’t already habe nuclear weapons.This encoursged nuclear disarment.

Question 11

Consequences of Cuban Missile Crisis for USA

Answer 11

Kennedy popularity increased as the fact that the milssiles were removed from Turkey was secret.Kennedy gained confidence in dealings with the Soviet Union.