Cuba and the Cold War

Why did the United States and the Soviet Union nearly start a nuclear war over Cuba?

• The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba.

• The United States attempted to colonize Cuba

• The Soviet Union began a blockade of Cuba.

• The United States flew spy planes over Cuba.

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

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Harry S. Truman

• Gerald Ford

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

• They decoded a secret message from Fidel Castro

• U.S. spies in Russia found out

• Cubans smuggled secret documents into the U.S.

• Pictures from a U-2 spy plan

What event took place prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis that led to Cuba asking for help from the Soviet Union?

• Vietnam War

• Berlin Wall

• Bay of Pigs

• Korean War

What did the U.S. agree to do in order to get the Soviet Union to remove their missiles from Cuba?

• Remove their missiles from Berlin

• Remove their missiles from Turkey

• Remove their missiles from Iran

• None of the these

Which leader was NOT involved in the negotiations for the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Castro

• Khrushchev

• Kennedy

What did the U.S. do once they discovered the missiles in Cuba?

• Attacked Cuba

• formed a blockade against new weapons entering Cuba

• Asked the United Nations for help

• Started negotiations with Fidel Castro

• Offered to pay to have the missiles removed

_________________________ assumed military and political power during the Cuban Revolution.

• John F. Kennedy

• Fidel Castro

• Khrushchev

Under Fidel Castro, Cuba became a __________________________ (form of gov’t) country.

• democratic

• communist

The __________________________ was an invasion by U.S.-trained Cuban exiles in an attempt to take down Fidel Castro.

• Cuban Revolution

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs