JFK and Cuba

Which of these dictators did the US support in Cuba?

• Batista

• Castro

Which President allocated $13.1 million to the CIA to plan Castro's overthrow?

• Kennedy

• Eisenhower

Who made up the group that would invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs?

• CIA operatives and paramilitary

• Former Cubans that had left when Castro took over

• The US amphibious force from Guantanamo

How did the US discover that the Soviets were putting missiles into Cuba?

• CIA spies uncovered the plot

• the Soviets told us

• Photographs from a U2 spy plane

• missiles were discovered during a random inspection

What is Robert McNamara Secretary of?

• Defense

• State

• Navy

• National Security

Where does President Kennedy fear the Soviets will strike if the US attacks Cuba?

• Washington DC

• Paris

• Berlin

• China

What do the Military Joint Chiefs of Staff think the best course of action is?

• Air Strike of Missile sites

• Air Strike of Missile sites and defensive anti-aircraft defenses.

• Air Strikes with follow on invasion

• Political options

What was Defense Secretary McNamara's alternative to airstrikes?

• Political Pressure

• Blockade of Cuba

• Launch strategic nuclear strikes against Soviets

• Pull US Missiles out of Turkey

According to General LeMay, the presence of Nuclear weapons in Cuba made Nuclear war...

• more likely

• less likely

Why did the administration decide to call the naval blockade a quarantine?

• Because they would let some supplies into Cuba

• Because it gave the US authority over the island of Cuba

• Because a blockade is technically an act of war

• Because it translates better into Russian