Who Won The Cuban Missile crisis? Flashcards

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Evidence that Kennedy won. (5)

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Kennedy became a hero to the US population as faced down communism.
1962 disarmament conference nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed that banned the use of nuclear weapons being tested in the air or on the ground.
Khrushchev resigned his position.
It caused China to cut relations with Russia in 1964 making Russia less of a threat .
Missiles withdrawn from Cuba and Cuba was put under supervision by the UN.

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Evidence that Khrushchev won. (3)

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He managed to get America to leave Cuba alone to be a communist country.
The US missiles in Turkey were removed.
Russia has a soviet ally near USA.

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Evidence that both won. (3)

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1968
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty - both promised not to supply nuclear weapons to other counties .
1962
Disarmament conference - nuclear test ban treaty signed , banning the use of nuclear weapons testing in the air and ground.
The “hotline” was created between the two superpowers, in Moscow and Washington so the two leaders could tap to each other.

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