Cuban Missile Crisis

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

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States?

• Guatemala

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Turkey

Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

How did the United States discover that nuclear missiles were being installed into Cuba?

• They decoded a secret message from Fidel Castro

• US spies in Russia found out

• With help from the United Kingdom spy network

• Pictures from a U-2 spy plane

What event prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis caused Fidel Castro to look to the Soviet Union for

military help?

• Korean War

• Building of the Berlin Wall

• Vietnam War

• Bay of Pigs invasion

What actions did the United States first take when they discovered the missiles?

• They attacked Cuba in full force

• They formed a blockade against any weapons entering Cuba

• They asked the United Nations for help

• They started negotiations with Fidel Castro

What did the US agree to do in order to get the Soviet Union to remove the missiles? Choose all that apply.

• Never to invade Cuba again

• Remove nuclear missiles from Turkey

• Pay $53 billion, in food and medicine, to Cuba

• None of the above

What leader was left out of the negotiations?

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• None of the above