The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

How far was Cuba from America?

Answer 1

160km

Question 2

Who was originally Cuba’s leader, while America still liked them

Answer 2

Battista

Question 3

When was Battista overthrown?

Answer 3

1959

Question 4

Who overthrew Battista?

Answer 4

Fidel Castro

Question 5

What political stance did Castro, the new leader of Cuba, have?

Answer 5

He was communist

Question 6

How did the US retaliate to the overthrowing of Battista?

Answer 6

Refused to buy sugar

Question 7

When did USA cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba and Cuba began to improve relations with SU?

Answer 7

January 1961

Question 8

What happened in April 1961 in the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 8

1400 anti-Cuban exiles, backed by the USA , attempted to overthrow Castro

Question 9

When did the American backed Cuban exiles attempt to overthrow Castro?

Answer 9

April 1961

Question 10

Why did the American-backed attempt to overthrow Castro fail?

Answer 10

• Underestimated Castro’s support
• Castro had been warned
• America didn’t bomb aircraft bases
• Completely outnumbered

Question 11

Why was the USSR interested in helping Cuba? (5)

Answer 11

• Cube was a new communist state
• Cuba provided a launch base
• Khrushchev wanted to test JFK
• Wanted to force JFK to bargain over missiles
• US has bases in Italy and France so they balanced power

Question 12

What happened in October during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 12

USA U2 plane takes photos of suspected USSR missile sited on Cuba

Question 13

When did USA first take photos of suspected USSR bases in Cuba?

Answer 13

October 1962

Question 14

When did Kennedy decide to blockade Cuba?

Answer 14

20th October 1962

Question 15

When did Kennedy publicly call on Khrushchev to remove weapons?

Answer 15

22nd October 1962

Question 16

What happened on the 23rd October 1962?

Answer 16

Khrushchev refused to acknowledge blockade or presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba

Question 17

When did Khrushchev refuse to acknowledge blockade or presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba

Answer 17

23rd October 1962

Question 18

When did the 1st Soviet ship approach the 800 km exclusion zone set up near Cuba?

Answer 18

24th October

Question 19

When did the Soviet ships stop their travel to Cuba and go back?

Answer 19

24th October

Question 20

What did aerial photos show on the 25th October?

Answer 20

Continued construction of missile sites

Question 21

When did Khrushchev agree to dismantle missiles in Cuba?

Answer 21

28th October 1962

Question 22

What was the short term outcomes of the Cuban missile crisis? (3)

Answer 22

• A hotline set up in June 1963, direct line between the Kremlin and the White House
• The Limited Test Ban Treaty in August 1963 which banned testing apart from underground
• Reduction in Khreshchev’s authority

Question 23

What were the long term outcomes of the Cuban missile Crisis? (2)

Answer 23

• The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) in 1965

- French decision to leave NATO in 1966 so wouldn’t be obliged to help