Cuban Missile Crisis

What conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?

• WW2
• Cold War
• WW1
• Vietnam War

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What was the purpose of the US blockade of Cuba?

• Prevent missiles and military equipment from going in
• Prevent missiles and military equipment from going out
• Torture the Cubans into submission
• Torture the Cubans so that they will fight the Russians

Why did the US blockade Cuba?

• Cuba betrayed the US by suprise attacking the US
• They sent a bomb to the US and bombed the US
• The US hated Cuba
• The US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba

What countries were in the conflict?

• The U.S, Russia, and Cuba
• The U.S, Germany, the Soviet Union
• Cuba, The U.S, and the Soviet Union.
  
• The U.S and Cuba

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What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.

• The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba

• Cuba forfiets

• JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty

Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Dwight Eisenhower

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

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhal Gorbachav

• Fidel Castro

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

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

• Destroy Castro

• Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

Which of the following justifies Kennedy's Navy block around Cuba?

• Khrushchev removed all Soviet missiles from Cuba.

• An American spy plane caught the Soviet Union placing nuclear weapons in Cuba.

• Khrushchev led a conference in Yalta but the US was not invited.

• Castro threatened to launch four missiles at the US if Kennedy refused to take down the US missiles in Turkey.