Week 10- kennedy Cuba Flashcards
What did Eisenhower do with relation to the Bay of Pigs Attack?
Eisenhower had paid for the CIA to train approx. 1500 anti-Castro Cuban exiles for a Cuban invasion and takeover after the Communist dictator Castro had recently taken power over.
What happens when Kennedy Oks the Cuban invasion in 1961?
The US Trained rebels are quickly overpowered by Castro’s Army and supporters. Kennedy is humiliated for financing and backing the disastrous scheme. Khrushchev, who backs and supports Castro, is not impressed.
How do the Soviets demonstrate their superior space and scientific technology to the U.S.?
By putting their first man into orbit around the earth.
What happens when Kennedy refuses to pay heed to Khrushchev’s West Berlin Ultimatum?
The Soviets build the Berlin Wall, stopping any movement from the East to the West by closing the boarder and building the armed wall.
As tension is escalating due to the Berlin Wall, what does Kennedy tell Khrushchev and what happens next?
Kennedy tells Khrushchev that his nuclear missile capabilities will never come close to the U.S. Khrushchev detonates a 100 megaton warhead in the atmosphere.
Why did the Soviets detonate the most powerful artificial explosion in military history?
The Soviet explosion was a political rather than military act. The testing of the device is primarily an incitement to fright and panic in the Cold War.
What was Kennedy’s first Cold War job?
He approved the Bay of Pigs Attack on Cuba. It fails badly.
