WQ18: Cuban Missile Crisis

During what decade during the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

• 1940s

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

How did the US discover missiles in Cuba?

• American U-2 reconnaissance

• Secret intel from Great Britain

• A warning letter was issued from Castro

• Refugees informed immigration officials

The Cuban leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Castro

• Kennedy

• Khrushchev

• Eisenhower

Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States placed missiles in what European nations?

• Greece & Turkey

• Italy & Turkey

• Turkey & France

• Italy & Russia

What name did the Soviets have for the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Caribbean Crisis

• October Crisis

• The Forgotten War

What name did the Cubans have for the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Caribbean Crisis

• October Crisis

• The Forgotten War

The Russian leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Castro

• Kennedy

• Khrushchev

• Eisenhower

The closest and most trusted advisers of JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• ExComm

• CIA

• KGB

• Executive Cabinet

JFK chose to use this word instead of blockade because international law considered the term to be an act of war.

• quarantine

• time out

• looping

• embargo

What was the failed attempt by the CIA to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power?

• Bay of Pigs

• DMZ

• Cuban Revolution

• Brinkmanship