results of the crisis

Question 1

What did the USA gain from this crisis?

Answer 1

• Nuclear missiles were removed from Cuba
• The missiles in Turkey were removed secretly 6 months later.
• JFK was no longer seen as weak and inexperienced – his decision to impose a naval blockade was justified

Question 2

What did USSR gain from this crisis?

Answer 2

• Cuba remained a Communist country only 90 miles from the USA
• Cuba continued to look to the USSR for protection

Question 3

What did the USA lose from this crisis?

Answer 3

• Missiles in Turkey – this angered some of her NATO allies

Question 4

What did USSR lose from this crisis?

Answer 4

• The USSR was publicly seen to have backed down – this angered many Soviet politicians
• Khrushchev was removed from office in 1964 – the military felt they had been forced into a humiliating withdrawal.

Question 5

What did the world gain from this crisis?

Answer 5

• A direct hot line phone link was set up between Washington and Moscow
• A Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was set up in 1963

Question 6

What did Cuba gain from this crisis?

Answer 6

• Her independence had been secured; she was now free from US interference
• However Castro felt like a pawn in a very high stakes game which could have seen the destruction of this island