Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• A failed US invasion of Cuba

• A treaty signed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain

• A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War

• A testing of nuclear weapons in Cuba that angered the U.S.

Why did the Soviet Union provide Cuba with nuclear weapons?

• To end the Cuban Revolution

• To protect the Cuban Revolution against US aggression

• To start a war with the United States

• To test the effectiveness of the nuclear weapons

What was President Kennedy's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• He authorized airstrikes over Cuba

• He launched a full-scale invasion of Cuba

• He ordered a naval "quarantine" of Cuba

• He ignored the situation in Cuba

What was the danger of the naval "quarantine" approach taken by Kennedy?

• Blocking Soviet trade with the U.S.

• The possibility of escalation if the Soviets refused to remove the missiles

• U-2 spy planes might be shot down

• Commitment to a full-scale invasion of Cuba

How did Kennedy and Khrushchev negotiate a peaceful outcome to the missile crisis?

• Both agreed to peacefully remove nuclear weapons

• Both agreed to keep nuclear weapons in place but not to use them

• The Soviets and Americans banned all nuclear weapons

• The Soviets promised to withdraw support of Cuba

What is the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the context of the Cold War?

• Diplomacy opened up communications that avoided nuclear war

• Diplomacy closed communication channels, leading to nuclear war

• The Soviets ended the Kennedy administration's world influence

• The Americans successfully invaded Cuba, removing Soviet influence