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The Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards

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What happened on the 14th October?

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U2 spy planes took pictures of nuclear missile sites in Cuba

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What happened from the 16-20th October?

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Kennedy formed an executive committee (excomm) to advise him. For the next 3 days excomm told him what to do

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Who were the two groups in excomm?

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The Hawks and the doves

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What happened on the 21st October?

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Excomms plan was that the USA navy was to quarantine Cuba

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What was meant by quarantining Cuba?

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No ships were allowed in or out of Cuba.

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Why was quarantining Cuba a risky plan?

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Stopping a soviet ship was an act of war

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Who did Kennedy tell about his fears of quarantining Cuba?

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His brother Bobby

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What happened on 22nd October?

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Kennedy went on TV to tell USA what was happening

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9
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What were USA armed forces on on the 22nd of October?

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Defcon 3 (defence condition 3)

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What did Khrushchev tell his advisors about USA on 22nd October? Why?

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They can attack us and we shall respond. He was convinced USA would invade Cuba

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What happened on the 23rd of October?

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Khrushchev condemned USA for blocking cuba

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What was Khrushchev secretly thinking after condemning USA on 23rd October?

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Khrushchev was secretly relived USA didn’t invade Cuba

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What had Khrushchev made Castro do before 23rd October?

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Khrushchev made Castro prepare for USA invasion

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What happened on the 24th October?

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U Thant, Secretary General of United Nations called both sides to compromise

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What did Khrushchev do on 24th October?

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Order soviet ships to stop heading for Cuba, but not to turn back

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16
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Why did Kennedy do on 24th October?

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Order defcon to reach 2 (worse than 3)

17
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When was the only time in the Cold War they went close to war?

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24th October

18
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What happened on 26th October?

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Over 120,000 USA troops assembled near Florida coast because a Cuban invasion seemed likely

19
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When did Kennedy receive a letter from Khrushchev?

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26th October

20
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What did Kennedy tell excomm on 26th October?

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He wanted a deal to end the crisis

21
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What did Khrushchev’s letter to Kennedy say?

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Russia would remove missiles in Cuba if USA promised not to invade Cuba

22
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Why was the offer a good thing for both Kennedy and Khrushchev?

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Neither of them looked bad because it was a compromise

23
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What happened on 27th October?

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Cuban forces shot down a USA spy plane

24
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What did Khrushchev change about their deal on the 27th of October?

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That USA must remove missiles from Turkey too

25
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What did Kennedy insist about the deal?

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The part about USA removing missiles from Turkey would be kept secret

26
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Why did Kennedy want the removal of his missiles from Turkey to be a secret?

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It made him look weaker because he compromised more

27
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What happened on the 28th October?

A

Khrushchev announced Russia would remove its missiles from Cuba to protect world peace

28
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When was the Cuban missile crisis?

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14-28th October, 1962

29
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What did Kennedy achieve from the Cuban missile crisis? Name 5

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  • stopped Russia having missiles in Cuba
  • no one died
  • made Khrushchev back down, Kennedy looked strong, Khrushchev looked weak
  • missiles taken from Cuba but left in Turkey so Kennedy had the upper hand
  • he didn’t gloat about Russia backing down, looks mature
30
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What did Khrushchev achieve from the Cuban missile crisis? Name 6

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  • he looked more moral, blaming his compromise and backing down on maintaining world peace
  • he got 2 things, not 1: USA not to invade Cuba, (theoretically) USA missiles out of Turkey
  • showed USA violence
  • make jfk look like a hypocrite
  • threatened USA more than ever
  • proved Russia was a superpower
31
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Name 2 positive outcomes of the Cuban missile crisis for Castro

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  • Cuba stayed communist and armed, remained an important base for communism supporters in South America
  • Castro kept control of the USA companies that he nationalised during the revolution (still a source of dispute today)
32
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Name a negative outcome for Castro

A

•he was very upset by the deal that Khrushchev made with USA but he had little choice as he needed support from Russia

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