Cuban Missile Crisis - Use your Notes

When did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? What year?

• 1962

• 1958

• 1859

• 1957

What were the main businesses in Cuba?

• sugar & mining

• mining & tobacco

• sugar & tobacco

• cotton & sugar

Who was the dictator until the Cuban Missile Crisis started?

• Fidel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• John Kennedy

Who was the new dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• John Kennedy

• Fidel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

What was one rule the new dictator made?

• declared all property belonging to American now belonged to the Soviet Union

• declared all property belonging to American now belonged to the United States

• declared all property belonging to American now belonged to the Mexico

• declared all property belonging to American now belonged to the Cuba

Cuban's new government and the United States government did not get along. True or False

• T

• F

Who did Cuba becomes friends with?

• United States

• Soviet Union

The purpose of the "Bay of Pigs Invasion:" arm Cuban exiles living in Florida, unhappy Cubans would join them, What happened: the dictator intercepted the plan and captured the invaders. True or False

• T

• F

What happened in October of 1962?

• the Bay of Pigs

• President Kennedy went to Cuba to have a peace talk.

• US planes spotted secret Soviet missile bases in Cuba

• President Kennedy went to the Soviet Union to encourage them to leave the US alone.

What does "EMBARGO" mean?

• NO trade

• Trade

• to exchange goods