Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

What event convinced Cuba to seek help from the Soviet Union?

• The Cuban Revolution

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• The U.S. embargo

• The missile crisis

What was the U.S. military's initial recommendation upon discovering the missiles in Cuba?

• To negotiate with the Soviet Union

• To ignore the threat

• To launch an airstrike and invade Cuba

• To impose economic sanctions

What action did President Kennedy take on October 22, 1962?

• He declared war on the Soviet Union

• He announced a naval blockade of Cuba

• He ordered an airstrike on Cuba

• He resigned from office

Who was the Soviet officer that refused to launch a nuclear torpedo, potentially saving the world?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Anatoly Dobrynin

• Vasili Arkhipov

• Rudolph Anderson

What was the final agreement that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The U.S. would impose a permanent naval blockade on Cuba

• The U.S. would invade Cuba and remove Soviet missiles

• The U.S. would remove its missiles from Turkey and Italy, and the Soviet Union would withdraw its missiles from Cuba

• The Soviet Union would keep its missiles in Cuba but under U.N. inspection