Development of the cold war til 1968 (Development and impact of crises: Cuban missile crisis))

Question 1

When was the Cuban Missile crisis?

Answer 1

1962

Question 2

What was the crisis?

Answer 2

• U.s spy plane caught images of nuclear missiles being built in Cuba
• Giant shock to American people
• Kennedy orders the immediate blockade of Cuba to ‘quarantine’ it from more imported military equipment.
• Escalated climate of fear throughout the world. (MAD)

Question 3

What was the result?

Answer 3

Soviets publicly agreed to dismantle the missiles, similarly the US did the same to their missiles in Turkey.

Question 4

What were the effects of the Cuban missile crisis on the cold war?

Answer 4

Seen as a victory for the USA
- Made them seem strong

• Khrushchev seen as weak because he had supposedly backed down.