The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

• Inchon Invasion

• Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

What U.S. agency was behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

• FBI

• CIA

• NSA

• Police

Which country became a close friend of the Cuban government after the Bay of Pigs?

• Germany

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Canada

What conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?

• WW2
• Cold War
• WW1
• Vietnam War

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• October, 1962
• November, 1963
• 1947 to 1991
• April, 1961

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 the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhal Gorbachav

• Fidel Castro

• Sergei Fedorov

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

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Edwardo Obstinado

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

• from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers

• from US spy satellites

• from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions

• the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba

• from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

How many days did the Cuban missile crisis last?

• 13
• 14
• 15
• still going on