13 Days Movie Quiz

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• US attempt to overthrow Cuba's new Communist government

• USSR attempt to overthrow Turkey's new Capitalist system

• US attempt to kill Fidel Castro

• USSR attempt to stockpile missiles near the US

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

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladmir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

Who was the leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

Why did the Cubans ask for the Soviet Union's help?

• Truman Doctrine

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Brinkmanship

• Mutually Assured Destruction

Why did the USSR want to put missiles on Cuba?

• To have more missiles because they couldn't match the nuclear power of the US

• To counter the Warsaw Pact countries that were overthrowing communism

• To counter the US missiles in Italy and Turkey

• To counter the power of NATO

Why didn't Kennedy want to attack Cuba once the missiles were discovered?

• fear of war

• fear of communism in the US

• fear of putting European allies in danger

• fear of losing re-election

What did Kennedy's "Quarantine" of Cuba actually do?

• ally

• shun

• blockade

• attack

During the 2 weeks of tension, which of the following did NOT occur?

• A US spy plane was shot down over the USSR

• A Soviet submarine was hit by a depth charge to signal to it

• A US spy was captured and sentenced to death in the USSR

• A Soviet sub almost launched a nuclear missile after being hit by a depth charge

What was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The ambassadors from both countries came to an agreement to remove missiles from the countries each were concerned about

• The President and Soviet Premier decided that they would both agree to disagree without fighting

• Kennedy lifted the blockade but Cuba still had missiles on it

• Khrushchev decided to remove missiles from Cuba to get the blockade lifted without talking to the US first, as an act of good faith

What was the lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Politics should only be left to the people to vote on each issue as it comes up

• Governments should never get involved with other governments, unless there is a war going on

• Politics are fragile and need to be handled diplomatically to prevent future problems

• All nuclear weapons should be banned and never used in the world by any country