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Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

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Social Studies

9th Grade

Easy

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OLIVIA PARKER

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12 Slides • 17 Questions

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What are the two leaders sitting on?

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How is the cartoon symbolic of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?

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By 1960, who were the leaders of the United States, The Soviet Union, and Cuba?

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Why would the Soviet Union and Cuba be worried about US Aggression?

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Why did the US put missiles in Turkey?

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What was so provocative about Kennedy’s blockade of Cuba?

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How was the Crisis Resolved?

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Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Harry Truman

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Dwight Eisenhower

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John F. Kennedy

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Robert Kennedy

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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Joseph Stalin

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Mikhal Gorbachav

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Fidel Castro

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Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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John F. Kennedy

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Fidel Castro

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Dwight Eisenhower

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America cut off all trade with Cuba except for

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Medicine and money

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food and medical supplies

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food and water

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shelter and medical supplies

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Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

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Destroy Castro

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The Berlin Wall

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The Bay of Pigs Invasion

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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a complete failure

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True

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False

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How did the United States discover that missiles were being brought into Cuba

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They decoded a secret message from Fidel Castro

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US spies in Russia intercepted a message

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Cuban exiles smuggled information into the US

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Pictures taken from a United Stated U2 spy plane

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What did the US agree to do in order to get the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cuba?

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Pay 53 million dollars

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Move their military base to Alaska

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Remove the United States's Missiles from Turkey

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Supply Cuba with more missiles

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How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?

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3 days

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15 days

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1 month

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3 hours

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How far is Cuba from the United States?

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10 miles

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80 miles

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350 miles

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2 city blocks

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