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Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

Authored by Peter Richardson

History

7th Grade

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Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Joseph Stalin

Leonid Brezhnev

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Blockade

Quarantine

Siege

Embargo

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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