How the Cuban Missile Crisis Started

Question 1

Before 1959 Cuba was..?

Answer 1

very closely linked to the USA.

Question 2

In Cuba there were lots of US..?

Answer 2

owned businesses.

Question 3

Cuba had a socialist revolution and the USA..?

Answer 3

refused to deal with the new government.

Question 4

Cuba started to build economic links with..?

Answer 4

the USSR.

Question 5

Over time, the US relationship with Cuba..?

Answer 5

deteriorated.

Question 6

When was the socialist revolution in Cuba?

Answer 6

1959

Question 7

The USA did not want a ________ _______ in their sphere of influence.

Answer 7

socialist country

Question 8

The USA didn’t want a country in their sphere of influence that was so close..?

Answer 8

to the USSR.

Question 9

The CIA tried to assassinate..?

Answer 9

the leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro, but failed.

Question 10

Who was the leader of Cuba?

Answer 10

Fidel Castro

Question 11

The CIA convinced Kennedy that..?

Answer 11

a US-backed invasion of Cuba would solve the problem.

Question 12

When was the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 12

17th April 1961

Question 13

The CIA told Kennedy that most Cubans..?

Answer 13

hated Castro.

Question 14

Most Cubans liked Castro because..?

Answer 14

their old leader, Batista, was corrupt.

Question 15

The CIA told Kennedy that Castro’s control of Cuba was..?

Answer 15

very weak.

Question 16

The CIA told Kennedy that the invasion would look like..?

Answer 16

a Cuban revolt.

Question 17

Kennedy thought that ___ __ ______ were being disguised as Cuban to make people think it was a revolt.

Answer 17

old US planes

Question 18

The planes sent to Cuba were..?

Answer 18

recognised as US planes and the information was published.

Question 19

Because people recognised the US planes..?

Answer 19

the world knew that the USA had backed the invasion.

Question 20

How many troops did the USA send to Cuba?

Answer 20

1400

Question 21

How many troops did Castro have to meet the US troops?

Answer 21

20,000

Question 22

As a result of Castro having so many troops, the US troops..?

Answer 22

surrendered.

Question 23

The Bay of Pigs ended all chance..?

Answer 23

of a friendly USA-Cuba relationship.

Question 24

After the Bay of Pigs, Castro announced that he was..?

Answer 24

communist.

Question 25

As a result of the Bay of Pigs Cuba and the USSR..?

Answer 25

started building closer ties.

Question 26

As the USSR and Cuba got closer, Cuba got more..?

Answer 26

military defence.