The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

What does MAD stand for?

Answer 1

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 2

What does ABM stand for?

Answer 2

Anti-Ballistic Missile

Question 3

What does MIRV stand for?

Answer 3

Multiple independently re-entry vehicle

Question 4

When do the USA test their hydrogen bomb?

Answer 4

1952

Question 5

When do the USSR build an ABM to protect Moscow?

Answer 5

1966

Question 6

When do the USA develop ABM’s and MIRV’s?

Answer 6

1968

Question 7

Which country sent the first man into space and when?

Answer 7

The USSR in 1961

Question 8

Which country sent the first man to the moon and when?

Answer 8

The USA in 1962

Question 9

In 1960 what did Eisenhower and Khruschev think about?

Answer 9

An arms reduction treaty

Question 10

What interrupted the arms reduction treaty?

Answer 10

A US U2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR

Question 11

What did Khrushchev say he wanted with the West?

Answer 11

‘Peaceful co-existence’

Question 12

What is Guantanamo Bay?

Answer 12

A prison in Cuba for the US

Question 13

When did the US help Cuba to win independence from spain?

Answer 13

1898

Question 14

Who did the Americans help to become leader of America?

Answer 14

Batista

Question 15

When did Batista come into power?

Answer 15

1934

Question 16

What was Batista’s regime?

Answer 16

Corrupt and repressive

Question 17

What did Cuba become for Americans?

Answer 17

A holiday destination for rich people

Question 18

What kind of activities went on in Cuba?

Answer 18

Prostitution
Gambling
Drinking

Question 19

Parts of Cuba fell under control of …

Answer 19

Mafia gangs

Question 20

What campaign did Fidel Castro use to overthrow Batista?

Answer 20

Guerilla campaign

Question 21

When did Fidel Castro overthrow Batista?

Answer 21

1959

Question 22

Who led a small nationalist army?

Answer 22

Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

Question 23

Did the US govt. like Castro, Che or the idea of the Cuban revolution?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What did the US impose on Cuba?

Answer 24

They stopped trade with Cuba in 1960

Question 25

When did Cuba and Russia make a deal?

Answer 25

1960

Question 26

What was the deal with Cuba and Russia?

Answer 26

Selling sugar to the USSR in exchange for military goods

Question 27

What did America see Cuba as after the 1960 deal with Russia?

Answer 27

A threat

Question 28

When did the Bay of Pigs happen?

Answer 28

14th - 16th April 1961

Question 29

What was the Bay of Pigs? (4 Marks)

Answer 29

An attempted military takeover by the USA (1 mark) Cuban exiles were to land at the Bay of Pigs (1 mark) There was meant to be a popular uprising against Castro (1 mark) But it failed as Castro was very popular and the Cuban armed forces were quite strong. (1 mark)

Question 30

What was the outcome of The Bay of Pigs?

Answer 30

It was a disaster and president Kennedy was humiliated

Question 31

What was the significance of the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 31

1. The USA appeared as weak and resulted to desperate measures to try and get rid of Castro 2. Khrushchev used this weakness to extend USSR influence with plans to put missiles in Cuba

Question 32

What two ways did the CIA try to kill Castro?

Answer 32

Exploding cigar and Poisonous creams

Question 33

When did the USSR publicly announce that it was supplying Cuba with arms?

Answer 33

May 1962

Question 34

When Castro made a deal with Khrushchev in 1960 what did he become?

Answer 34

Communist

Question 35

What year did the Hungarian uprising happen?

Answer 35

1956

Question 36

What percentage of Cuba's money comes from selling sugar related products?

Answer 36

80%

Question 37

What is autonamy?

Answer 37

To be independent

Question 38

When were missiles put into Italy and Turkey by the USA?

Answer 38

1962

Question 39

When were missiles put into Cuba by the USSR?

Answer 39

1962

Question 40

On the 14th October 1962 what does the USA's U-2 spy plane find?

Answer 40

Missiles in Cuba from the USSR

Question 41

When does Kennedy find out about the missiles found in Cuba by the U-2's spy plane?

Answer 41

16th October 1962

Question 42

What are Kennedy's six options after finding about the USSR's missiles in Cuba?

Answer 42

1. Nuclear strike against Cuba 2. Invade Cuba 3. Negotiate with Khrushchev 4. Go to the UN for help 5. Have a blockade around Cuba 6. Do nothing

Question 43

What did Kennedy end up doing in response to the Russian missiles in Cuba?

Answer 43

He had a blockade

Question 44

Instead of a blockade what did Kennedy call it?

Answer 44

A quarantine

Question 45

Why did Kennedy call the blockade a quarantine?

Answer 45

Because a blockade is an act of war

Question 46

What date did they start to search ships entering Cuba?

Answer 46

22nd October 1962

Question 47

Who sent the first letter of negotiation?

Answer 47

Kennedy to Khrushchev

Question 48

What did the first letter of negotiation say?

Answer 48

If you promise not to invade Cuba then we will withdraw missiles.

Question 49

What did the second letter of negotiation say?

Answer 49

If you withdraw missiles from Turkey we will withdraw missiles from Cuba.

Question 50

Who sent the second letter of negotiation?

Answer 50

Khrushchev

Question 51

What were all these negotiations called?

Answer 51

The backchannel negotiations

Question 52

When did the backchannel negotiations happen?

Answer 52

27th - 28th October

Question 53

Did Dobrev agree to remove missiles?

Answer 53

Yes

Question 54

Why did America think of the negotiations as a victory?

Answer 54

It was done in secret and it looked like the Soviet had backed down

Question 55

What did Russia think of the negotiations?

Answer 55

That they were damaging

Question 56

As a result of removing Missiles what happens to Khrushchev?

Answer 56

He loses power in 1964

Question 57

What did the Chinese allies of the USSR think of the negotiations?

Answer 57

That it was cowardly and they wanted to be more independent from the USSR

Question 58

What did the European allies of the USSR think of the negotiations?

Answer 58

They were shocked for not being consulted about the meetings

Question 59

What did France do in response to the negotiations?

Answer 59

They pulled out of the UN and encouraged European countries to become more independent from America

Question 60

Why was the result of the Cuban missile crisis a victory for the world?

Answer 60

It stopped a nuclear war from happening

Question 61

What was the significance of the Cuban missile crisis? (3 Main things)

Answer 61

1. It was the closest the world had ever been to a nuclear war 2. Fighting didn't solve the problem but diplomacy and compromise did 3. It shows neither side was superior