Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

What event in 1961 worsened US-Cuba relations and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The establishment of Guantanamo Bay

• The signing of the Platt Amendment

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Cuban Revolution

Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Leonid Brezhnev

What was the immediate reaction of the US upon discovering missile sites in Cuba?

• Forming the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (XCOM)

• Imposing economic sanctions on the Soviet Union

• Launching a full-scale invasion of Cuba

• Convening the UN Security Council

What term did President Kennedy use to describe the US naval operation around Cuba?

• Blockade

• Quarantine

• Siege

• Embargo

How did Khrushchev describe the US blockade of Cuba in his response to Kennedy?

• A defensive measure

• An act of war

• An act of aggression

• A misunderstanding

What did the US agree not to do in exchange for the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba?

• Invade Cuba

• Remove the US President

• Impose sanctions on the Soviet Union

• Disband NATO

What additional demand did Khrushchev make in his second letter to Kennedy?

• Publicly apologize to the Soviet Union

• Hand over Guantanamo Bay to Cuba

• Remove US missiles from Turkey

• Remove US missiles from Italy

Who met secretly with the Soviet Ambassador to negotiate the missile removal?

• Henry Kissinger

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Dean Rusk

What was established in 1963 to improve communication between the US and Soviet leaders?

• The Berlin Wall

• A direct telephone line

• A peace treaty

• A cultural exchange program

What treaty was signed in 1968 as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The START Treaty

• The SALT I Treaty

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty