Cuban Misslie Crisis Flashcards
How far away was Cuba from Florida
90 miles
What happened in Cuba in 1959
Rebel Fidel Castro took power
Why did Castro lead a revolution
(resent,corrupt,little)
Resentment towards president Batista
His government was corrupt and inefficient
Did little to alleviate poverty in the wider population
Resented how much of their economy was owned by USA
What was the Cuban economy reliant on
Sugar trade
What did the season nature of the industry mean
Many workers were unpaid for much of the year
USA didn’t initially view Castro as an enemy but when did the become more aggressive
When Castro began to nationalise American companies
In American aggression what did they do
Stopped providing aid and all imports of Cuban sugar
American aggression led to..
Castro turning to Soviet Union for help
Soviet Union secured an ally in the Western hemisphere
Promised to buy 1 million tonnes of sugar every year
Castro who was not a communist became one
What was the result of Castro becoming communist
Relations between Cuba and America began to dissolved
Who succeeded who in 1961
Kennedy succeeded Eisenhower fr
LET HIM COM TO BARLIN :SPEAK: :FIRE: x3
What was Kennedy briefed on
Eisenhower’s plan to topple Castro which included 1300 Cuban exiles trained in Guatemala
What happened in April 1961
Cuban exiles landed on the Bay of Pigs in Cuba
in an attempt to overthrow Castro
How successful were the Cuban exiles
There weren’t
Castro neg dif’d
The attempt to overthrow Castro led to…
Castro asked Russia for weapons to defend against America in September 1961
Led to development of nuclear weapons on Cuban soil in 1962
What happened in October 1962
U-2 spy plane captured images of the weapons under construction
Why was Kennedy extremely concerned
Most US cities were within reach of Soviet missiles
Each able to reach their target in minutes
In Kennedy’s concern of the missiles what did he do
(established what,demanded)
Established a quarantine around Cuba to prevent any more nuclear weapons to be transported into it
Kennedy gave a speech demanding USSR to remove missile sites and any missiles that were already there
What did Kennedy’s speech lead to
Agreements being made in UN council debate
Missile would be removed - US promised to not invade Cuba
Secretly agreed that US would dismantle missiles in Turkey
Overall impacts of the CMC
Positive impacts on relations
Hotline was established between Washington and Moscow
Discussion would take 12 hours to receive and decode - dangerously long time
What was agreed after the CMC between US and SU
Test Ban Treaty - nuclear test could only be done underground - Jul 1963
Outer Space Treaty - prohibited tests in space - Jan 1967
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - 1968 - prevented nations from getting info and technology to build nuclear weapons
What was agreed after the CMC between US and SU
Test Ban Treaty - nuclear test could only be done underground - Jul 1963
Outer Space Treaty - prohibited tests in space - Jan 1967
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - 1968 - prevented nations from getting info and technology to build nuclear weapons
