Cuban Missile Crisis

Front

Which phrase best describes the motivation for the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy in 1962? Options: to prevent the outbreak of disease in Cuba, to protect free trade agreements with Cuba, to force the removal of nuclear missiles from Cuba, to help political refugees attempting to escape from Cuba

Back

to force the removal of nuclear missiles from Cuba

Front

Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt? Options: preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America, establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba, enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam, conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin

Back

establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba

Front

What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Back

The world came close to nuclear war.

Front

What was an important consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)? Options: The Soviet Union secretly kept nuclear missiles in Cuba pointed at Florida. The United States kept missiles in Turkey and Greece pointed at the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro was removed from power in Cuba and all nuclear weapons were taken out of Cuba. Soviet and American leaders established an emergency "hot line" and negotiated a partial test ban treaty.

Back

Soviet and American leaders established an emergency "hot line" and negotiated a partial test ban treaty.

Front

Which of the following statements expresses the message in this political cartoon? Options: Castro reluctantly agreed to give Khrushchev 54 of his submarines in exchange for the Soviet missiles. In 1968 Khrushchev demanded that Castro remove 22 missiles in Turkey. Khrushchev made the decision to remove the 100 missiles he had left behind in Cuba. Castro mockingly told Khrushchev he would rather lose all his teeth than to lose all the missiles pointed at the United States.

Back

Khrushchev made the decision to remove the 100 missiles he had left behind in Cuba.