AI Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

What did U.S. spy planes discover the Soviets placing in Cuba?

• Missiles

• Tanks

• Chemical weapons

• Nuclear weapons

What did President Kennedy impose to halt further missile installation in Cuba?

• Diplomatic sanctions

• Air strikes

• Military invasion

• Naval blockade

What did President Kennedy warn Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev about in regards to an attack from missiles based in Cuba?

• It would be ignored

• It would be considered an act of war

• It would be considered an internal matter

• It would be considered an act of self-defense

What resulted in the removal of the missiles from Cuba?

• Military conflict

• Negotiations

• Diplomatic immunity

• Economic sanctions

In what year did Kennedy secure a nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviets?

• 1960

• 1962

• 1963

• 1961

What was enacted to enable direct communication between the White House and the Kremlin?

• Hotline

• Telegraph

• Email system

• Postal service

What was the name of the operation to remove missiles from Cuba?

• Operation Mongoose

• Operation Eagle Claw

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Desert Storm

Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was the Soviet response to the naval blockade imposed by Kennedy?

• They ignored it

• They negotiated

• They escalated the conflict

• They removed the missiles