Cuban Missile Crisis

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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?

Multiple Choice

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

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

Multiple Choice

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

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhal Gorbachav

• Fidel Castro

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Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Dwight Eisenhower

Multiple Choice

America cut off all trade with Cuba except for

• Medicine and money

• food and medical supplies

• food and water

• shelter and medical supplies

Multiple Choice

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

• Destroy Castro

• The Berlin Wall

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Multiple Choice

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a complete failure

• True

• False

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

• They decoded a secret message from Fidel Castro

• US spies in Russia intercepted a message

• Cuban exiles smuggled information into the US

• 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?

• Pay 53 million dollars

• Move their military base to Alaska

• Remove the United States's Missiles from Turkey

• Supply Cuba with more missiles

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How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?

• 3 days

• 15 days

• 1 month

• 3 hours

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How far is Cuba from the United States?

• 10 miles

• 80 miles

• 350 miles

• 2 city blocks