Cold War JFK EEA

On April 17, 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion began under what President?

• President Johnson

• President Kennedy

• President Truman

• President Eisenhower

The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to get rid of which communist leader?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• None of the above

Who helped train the Cuban exiles?

• FBI

• CIA

• NSA

• Police

Which country became a closer friend of the Cuban government after the Bay of Pigs?

• Germany

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Canada

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

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