Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

Who was the leader of Cuba during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Fidel Castro
• Fulgencio Batista
• Francisco Franco
• Ho Chi Minh

The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US did what?

• Take missiles out of Poland
• Promised not to attack Cuba
• Promised to not attack the Soviet Union
• Take missiles out of the Soviet Union

President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by —

• Ordering a naval blockade of Cuba.

• Asking Congress to declare war on Cuba.

• Authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba.

• Seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba.

Which President ordered a blockade around Cuba because he feared a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union?

• John F. Kennedy
• Harry Truman
• Richard Nixon
• Nikita Khrushchev

What country put nuclear weapons in Cuba?

• North Vietnam

• China

• Soviet Union

• North Korea

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

• Destroy Castro

• Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The U-2Coastal Operation

• The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

• blockade

• containment

• perestroika

• satellites

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Detente

"Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island."

Which 1962 leader said this?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

• Wang Chung

• Hideki Tojo

How did President Kennedy respond when the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba? 

• He ordered a naval blockade of the island of Cuba
• He ordered an invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs
• He installed more nuclear weapons in Turkey
• He ordered "surgical" air strikes against the missile sites