Missle Crisis

Question 0

When was the first thermonuclear explosion ?

Answer 0

November 1952

Question 1

When did the Soviet Union acquire the atom bomb?

Answer 1

28th august 1949

Question 2

What was the USAs hydrogen bomb named ?

Answer 2

Ivy mike

Question 3

What was SAC

Answer 3

Strategic Air Command

Question 4

Who commanded SAC ?

Answer 4

General Curtis Bombs Away LeMay

Question 5

What drawback came form deriving the bomb via plane

Answer 5

Was slow and the aircraft could be shot down

Question 6

How many bombers did the USA have in 1960

Answer 6

550

Question 7

When was the first ICBM tested ?

Answer 7

May 1957

Question 8

When was Sputnik launched

Answer 8

November 1957

Question 9

What was special about Sputnik 2

Answer 9

A dog laksa went up in it

Question 10

Who was the first man in space ?

Answer 10

Yuri agagarin

Question 11

When did he go to space ?

Answer 11

April 1961

Question 12

What did the Gaither report say ?

Answer 12

That there was a 3-1 missile gap in the favour of the USSR

Question 13

What was Polaris ?

Answer 13

Submarine launched ballistic missile

Question 14

What was Limited War

Answer 14

The superpowers would not engage each other directly

Question 15

What is an example of limited war?

Answer 15

Korean War

Question 16

What was Brinksmanship

Answer 16

Going to the brink of nuclear war to receive concessions from the other power

Question 17

Why was it unrealistic?

Answer 17

USA would only use nuclear weapons as a last resort

Question 18

What was Flexible Response?

Answer 18

The idea that the USA would be more Flexible in defensive strategies.

Question 19

What was a strategy of Flexible response?

Answer 19

Second Strike Capabilities, and the ability of a limited nuclear war?

Question 20

What is MAD

Answer 20

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 21

Name the 4 stabilising effects of the arms race?

Answer 21

Prevented direct Confrontation
Less interference in spheres of influence
Forced both sides to co-operate
US and Soviet leaders acted responsibly

Question 22

Name the 5 destabilising effects of the arms race?

Answer 22

Spiralling and more expensive and destructive arms race
Culture of secrecy increased fears
encouraged Brinkmanship
Cost of arms race destabilised relations
Did not stop other forms of competition

Question 23

When was the Cuban Revolution ?

Answer 23

January 1959

Question 24

Which leader fled into exile?

Answer 24

Batista

Question 25

Who became the Leader of Cuba?

Answer 25

Castro

Question 26

When did VP Nixon meet Castro ?

Answer 26

April 1959

Question 27

Where did Batista supporters flee to

Answer 27

The USA

Question 28

US oil companies refused to ???

Answer 28

Refine Soviet Ooil

Question 29

When did USA impose a economic blockade on Cuba ?

Answer 29

July 1960

Question 30

When did Castro embrace Communism ?

Answer 30

1961

Question 31

What was the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 31

A batista supported invasion of Cuba designed to overthrow Castro. The CIA and JFK supported it.

Question 32

What were the consequence of the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 32

Cuba and the USSR entered into a defensive alliance, and a military trade deal, securing SAMs and MiG Jets to Cuba.

Question 33

When was Operation Mongoose?

Answer 33

October 1961

Question 34

What was Operation Mongoose?

Answer 34

A destablistion operation against the Cuban Regime.

Question 35

What did Cuba expect from the USA by the end of 1961

Answer 35

A invasion.

Question 36

When did the USSR send in Missiles to Cuba?

Answer 36

September 1962

Question 37

What else was sent other than missiles?

Answer 37

42 jet bombers and 42 jet fighters, 24 SAMs, 2 tanks battalions and over 40000 troops.

Question 38

What are the suspected motives for a build up in Cuba?

Answer 38

Defend Cuba, To bargain for the removal of US missiles in turkey, Humiliate JFK, Put Pressure on the West to leave Berlin Achieve Nuclear Parity

Question 39

How long was the warning time of a nuclear strike after missiles found in Cuba ?

Answer 39

3 minutes

Question 40

What doctrine did it infringe?

Answer 40

Monroe

Question 42

When did the USA first see the missiles?

Answer 42

14th October 1962

Question 43

What did the Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko say the missiles were for?

Answer 43

Defensive purposes

Question 44

When did the Blockade start?

Answer 44

Tuesday 23rd October 1962

Question 45

What did the US armed forces reach on the 24th October?

Answer 45

DEFCON 2

Question 46

When did the UN see the U2 pictures?

Answer 46

Thursday 25th October 1962

Question 47

What is the deal that Khrushchev proposes?

Answer 47

Removal of USSR missiles on Cuba for the removal of US missiles in turkey.

Question 48

When is this announced ?

Answer 48

Sunday 28th October

Question 49

What were the consequences for JFK?

Answer 49

He received a foreign policy success, which saw the democrats win the 1962 mid-terms. Pledged to leave Cuba alone

Question 50

What were the consequences for Khrushchev?

Answer 50

He had defended Cuba Removed Missiles from Turkey Yet was removed from power in 1964

Question 51

When was the Hot Line Agreement?

Answer 51

June 1963

Question 52

When was the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?

Answer 52

August 1963