Cuban Missle Crisis

Question 0

What did Castro do when he came to power ?

Answer 0

Nationalised american companies

Question 1

What started the Cuban missile crisis ?

Answer 1

Fidel Castro came to power in 1959

Question 2

Kennedys response to nationalisation in Cuba

Answer 2

Stooped all aid

Cancelled all sugar imports

Question 3

What did Castro have to do in response to Kennedy

Answer 3

Seek help from ussr

Turn communist in exchange for the purchase of 1 million tonnes of sugar a year

Question 4

Kennedys response to ussr Cuban alliance (and what it entailed)

Answer 4

Bay of pigs
CIA trained 1300 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba
C’etait a disaster

Question 5

Castro’s response to bay of pigs

Answer 5

Sep1961 Castro asked Russia for weapons to defend themselves against USA

Question 6

Once seeing the missile sites in Cuba what did Kennedy do(and not do)

Answer 6

Couldn’t invade because of war

Decided naval blockade

Question 7

Krushchevs response to naval blockade

Answer 7

Said it was act of war

Question 8

What happened during naval blockade?(4)

Answer 8

Us nuclear bombers were prepared
Prepared to invade Cuba
Krushchev turned boats away
When terms were being discussed U2 was shit down(Kennedy ignored)

Question 9

Terms of missile crisis armistice(4)

Answer 9

Krushchev offered to dismantle Cuban bases if Kennedy lifted blockade and promised not invade Cuba
Then 2nd message said to remove Turkish missiles
Kennedy agreed to 1st publicly and 2nd privately

Question 10

Repercussions of Cuban crisis and why (3)

Answer 10

Kennedy seen as hero
Krushchev lost prestige (China broke of relations) in 1964 he was forced to resign
Because Turkey was private

Question 11

Results of the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 11

1963 hotline between oval and kremlin
1963 nuclear test ban treaty
1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty (no sharing with other countries)