Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards

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What were the events that led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis that contributed to the sense of crisis and inevitable nuclear confrontation ?

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1958 Taiwan Straights Crisis
The Berlin Wall
The Cuban Revolution

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What event triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the thirteen days of October ?

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Khrushchev, claiming to only supply Cuba with defensive weapons, moved into the country as a Soviet Missile base

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How did Castro and most Cubans look at the Cuban Missile Crisis and how was this different form the American point of view ?

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Why did Krushchev decide to bring nuclear weapons to Cuba ?

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How did medium range Soviet nuclear missiles shift the strategic balance of the world and threaten the US ?

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As the USA and the USSR were moving to war, what events allowed them to step back from the brink ?

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How did JFK and Krushchev, who had both earlier acted so rashly, exercise wisdom and restraint in resolving the immediate crisis ?

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Through what settlement did both sides manage to settle the Cuban dispute bringing the crisis to an end ?

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How did resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis transform the Cold War struggle ?

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