cuban missile crisis

Question 1

what did the us have access to in cuba pre 1959

Answer 1

the cuban constitution gave the us rights to intervene and required cuba to provide land for naval basis

Question 2

who took over cuba and when

Answer 2

castro won his gurilla campain against batista 1st january 1959

Question 3

how do ties between cuba and the us weaken in 1960

Answer 3

castro land reforms us land and accepts ecnomic support from ussr
us refuse to refine their oil and reduce sugan imports by 95%
castro seizez $1bill of assets-last straw

Question 4

what are the two failed opperations in cuba

Answer 4

opperation mongoose
pay of pigs

Question 5

what do both opperation mongoose and pay of pigs fail to do

Answer 5

retake cuba

Question 6

when is the alliance for progress and who is it between

Answer 6

august 1961
cuba and us

Question 7

what did the allience for progress aim to do

Answer 7

establish ecnomic cooperation and aid between the us and latin america

Question 8

when was the cuban missile crisis between

Answer 8

16 October 1962 – 28 October 1962

Question 9

how far away from the us were the cuban missiles

Answer 9

90 miles

Question 10

what was castros worries for the crisis

Answer 10

bay of pigs
wants protection/allies
assasination atempts
needs money security and protection

Question 11

what was kenedy worried about for the crisis

Answer 11

needs to look tough
woried about a cuban and ussr allience
wants a capitalist cuba

Question 12

what is khru worried about for the crisis

Answer 12

wants missiles in cuba
wants to mach us capablities in turkey
wants to look as the communist leader of the world

Question 13

in what ways did the ussr cause the crisis

Answer 13

keen to protect communism world wide
test and trap jfk
wanted to level the arms race a bit
created an oppertunity for linkage

Question 14

what is the cuban missile crisis a product of

Answer 14

the arms race

Question 15

in what ways did the us case the crisis

Answer 15

needed to be stron and hardlined to counter previous faliures
lots of involvement in the politics of cuba opprtation ortsac

Question 16

when did the u2 spy plane spot the missiles on cuba

Answer 16

14th oct 1962

Question 17

what was the threat of the missiles in cuba

Answer 17

as they were so close they could hit almost all major cities in the us

Question 18

when do cuba and the ussr start putting missiles in cuba

Answer 18

aug 1962

Question 19

what is the name of the operation used to put the missiles on cuba

Answer 19

opperation anadgr

Question 20

by october 1962 how many missile bases were on cuba

Answer 20

aprox 80

Question 21

one he finds out what is jfk response to cuba missiles and why

Answer 21

a block aid
avoids confrontation and war and puts the ball in khrushchev court

Question 22

when does JFK blockaid

Answer 22

october 21st

Question 23

whats khrushchev a response to the block aid

Answer 23

stops ships dead

Question 24

when does khru stop the ships dead

Answer 24

october 24th 1962

Question 25

what is the first telegram sent to the us

Answer 25

a summit offer with no strings attached
likely send by khrushchev

Question 26

what is the second telegram sent to the us

Answer 26

an ultimatum demanding missiles of turkey and no invasion of cuba
probably sent by hardliners in the polit buro

Question 27

what day is black saterday

Answer 27

12th day of the crisis

Question 28

what happens on black saturday

Answer 28

us u2 spy plane shot down and the pilot anderson is killed
(unclear who sent this order)

Question 29

how did jfk use the death of anderson

Answer 29

to give an ultimatum
unless he gets immediate notice that the missiles are withdrawn there will be strong action

Question 30

what does the ussr do in cuba on black saterday

Answer 30

bringing in more nuclear weapons and burn confidential files

Question 31

how do both sides present the crisis to the pubic

Answer 31

they play it down as they both see how close to nuclear war they are

Question 32

who meets through back channels to deesclate

Answer 32

bobby kennedy
dobrynin

Question 33

when do bobby kennedy and dobryin meet

Answer 33

27th october 1962

Question 34

what is agreed after the bk talk

Answer 34

missiles leave turkey (not told publicly)
cuban missiles removed
no future invasion of cuba
ussr ships turn arround

Question 35

in what ways did castro win

Answer 35

guarantee us wouldn’t invade
gets to be leader
land remains untouched

Question 36

in what ways did castro lose

Answer 36

poor ally in the ussr
lost nuclear protection
us wants him dead

Question 37

in what ways did jfk win

Answer 37

public image repared
minor concessions
winning back americans

Question 38

in what ways did jfk lose

Answer 38

cuba is communist and close
lost the only life

Question 39

in what ways did khrushchev win

Answer 39

emarressed the us a bit
gained an ally
missiles in turkey removed
only death was american
chips away at missile gap

Question 40

in what ways did khrushchev lose

Answer 40

humiliated and rep was verry weakend

Question 41

what were the short term agreements

Answer 41

moscow washington hotline set up 1963
1963 moscow test ban treaty

Question 42

what was the moscow test ban treaty

Answer 42

no more nuclear weapons to be tested in the atmosphere

Question 43

what were the medium term consequences

Answer 43

kennedy foreign policy success
castro won’t be removed
secorate removal of missiles in turkey
khru weakens
use of flexible response worked