Cuban Missile Crisis Dates

Question 1

When did Castro become the leader of Cuba?

Answer 1

January 1959

Question 2

What significant agreement did Castro sign in February 1960?

Answer 2

Agreement with Khrushchev

Question 3

What action did the Cuban government take in May 1959?

Answer 3

Nationalises foreign-owned land in Cuba

Question 4

What event occurred in August 1961?

Answer 4

‘Bay of Pigs’ invasion

Question 5

What did U-2 spy-plane pictures show on October 14, 1962?

Answer 5

Soviet missile silos

Question 6

What did Kennedy do on October 16, 1962?

Answer 6

Assembled advisory group ExComm, beginning of ‘Thirteen Days’

Question 7

What did Kennedy announce on national television on October 22, 1962?

Answer 7

Blockade of Cuba

Question 8

What agreement was reached on October 28, 1962?

Answer 8

Soviet Union agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba

Question 9

When did the USA break off diplomatic relations with Cuba?

Answer 9

January 1961

Question 10

What did Khrushchev offer to Cuba in September 1961?

Answer 10

Weapons

Question 11

What was established in June 1963 to improve communication?

Answer 11

Telephone ‘hotline’

Question 12

What treaty was signed in August 1963?

Answer 12

Test ban treaty