The Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards
When did US spy planes see missile sites in Cuba?
October 14th 1962
What did Kennedy decide to do in response to 20 Soviet ships sending missiles to Cuba and when did he do it?
On October 20th he decided on a naval blockade of Cuba
Why did the public think the US was being hypocritical
They didn’t know the US removed their Turkish missile sites so they thought it was hypocritical to get the USSR to remove their Cuban missile sites
Who emerged from the Cuban Missile Crisis looking like a hero
Kennedy looked like a hero because it looked like he forced the USSR to remove their missile sites
What happened in 1964
Khrushchev resigned as he looked like he had failed because the public didn’t know the US missile sites in Turkey were removed
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted 13 days
