Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

1823

Answer 1

Monroe Doctrine

Question 2

1901

Answer 2

Platt Amendment

Question 3

1960 Feb

Answer 3

Oil Agreement with USSR and Cuba
Sugar deal for USSR to purchase 1 million tonnes of sugar annually
US refineries refused to process Soviet oil -> Nationalisation of industries

Question 4

1961 Jan

Answer 4

US (Eisenhower Administration) broke off diplomatic relations

Question 5

1961 April 16-17

Answer 5

Cuba declared a socialist state and following day bay of pigs invasion launched

Question 6

1961 June

Answer 6

Second Berlin Ultimatum from Kruschev and threatens to cut off access to Berlin

Question 7

1961 Aug 13

Answer 7

Berlin Wall Erected

Question 8

1961 Oct

Answer 8

Checkpoint Charlie incident; stand-off between USSR and USA forces at border of Berlin

Question 9

1962 May

Answer 9

Kruschev propose plans for Missiles in Cuba to counter Jupiter missile in Turkey

Question 10

1962 Oct 14-28

Answer 10

13 Days of terror

Question 11

1962 Oct 22

Answer 11

JFK Announcement of missiles in Cuba to public. Raising of threat to DEFCON 3. Naval quarantine announced around Cuba and surrounding of US ships

Question 12

1962 Oct 24

Answer 12

DEFCON 2 announced; highest in US history

Question 13

26-28 October 1962

Answer 13

Letters and proposals for missile removal between Kruschev and JFK

Question 14

April 1956

Answer 14

Khrushchev secret speech denouncing Stalin doctrines and invited criticisms from Mao who saw this as a betrayal of communist ideals
Also supported by USSR lack of support for Chinas claim to Taiwan
Basically beginning of Sino Soviet Split