Cuban missile crisis - causes

Who led a Communist Revolution in Cuba in 1959?

• John F Kennedy

• Fidel Castro

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Canton

Who is this person - President of the United States in 1962?

• John F Kennedy

• John P Kennely

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

Why were the US so scared about Cuba becoming Communist?

• America hated Communism

• The Communists didn't ask the Americans permission

• Cuba was near the Soviet Union

• Cuba was near the US (Florida)

What was the Bay of Pigs incident?

• When some pigs went on the rampage in Cuba

• When the US supported an invasion of Cuba in 1961

• When the US sent it's army to invade Cuba

• When some pigs fell into a bay in Cuba

What did the Soviet Union place on Cuba in 1962 which scared the Americans?

• It's army, ready to invade America

• Pigs because the Cubans liked pork

• Nuclear missiles which could hit American cities

• Nuclear bombs which could be dropped on America

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