Cuban Missile Crisis

Which leader was NOT involved in the negotiations for the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Castro

• Khrushchev

• Kennedy

True or False: The Cuban Missile Crisis was a diplomatic victory for the United States and the Kennedy administration?

• True

• False

• Don't pick this one

Why didn't Kennedy want to attack Cuba once the missiles were discovered?

• fear of war

• fear of communism in the US

• fear of putting European allies in danger

• fear of losing re-election

What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff want to do when they discovered missiles in Cuba?

• Full invasion of Cuba

• Work with diplomats to find a solution

• Attack the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons

• Bomb North Korea and invade across the 38th parallel

Which event nearly caused a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR?

• Berlin Blockade

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Which two superpowers were primarily involved in the Cold War?

• USA and China

• USA and USSR

• USSR and China

• USA and Germany

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• James Gregory

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

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Felipe Gonzales

• Fidel Castro

• Pancho Villa

Out of the options presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he elected to go with which one?

• "quarantine" or blockade Cuba

• airstrike on key bases

• launch a full invasion and overthrow Castro

• use diplomacy to appeal to Castro

What is the "thing" in the box?

• naval blockade

• quarantine

• nuclear war

• the Cold War

• Fidel Castro