Cuban Missile Crisis

Which of the following did NOT precede the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The installation of nuclear missile sites in turkey in Italy

• The naval blockade of Cuba

• The installation of the Berlin Wall

Bay of Pigs

Identify all of the statements that are true.

• Castroś close ties with the Soviet Union worried Kennedy.

• Cuba was only 90 miles from Florida.

• Soviet leaders could use Cuba as a base from which to attack the United States.

• While president, Eisenhower had not developed a plan to remove Castro from power.

Bay of Pigs

What had the Central Intelligence Agency, under the leadership of Dwight Eisenhower, done for John F. Kennedy to approve the overthrow Castro?

• They had planned to drop an atomic bomb on Cuba.

• They had trained Cuban exiles to invade the island.

• They had convinced Congress to use nuclear weapons against Cuba.

• They had trained American soldiers to invade the island.

What country is highlighted on the map of Latin America?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Colombia

• Brazil

Race to the Moon

The Space Race was...

• ...the similarities between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space.

• ...the differences between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space.

• ...the cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space.

• ...the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

When the Navy blockaded Soviet ships coming to Cuba, the Soviet ships fired at the naval vessels.

• True

• False