The Bay of Pigs Invasion

What were the two crops that the United States was growing in Cuba in the early 1900s?

• tobacco and sugar cane

• cocoa and cotton

• cocoa and sugar cane

• cotton and tobacco

Who took over Cuba in 1959?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Nigel Harrington

• Goody Jarring

The Bay of Pigs was a plan by the United States to do what?

• Use the Soviet Union to assassinate Fidel Castro

• Overthrow Fidel Castro

• Convert Cuba to communism

• Make a deal with Fidel Castro to stand down

What about Cuba's geographic location caused the United States to have the "heebie jeebies"?

• It was very close to Florida

• It was very close to the Soviet Union

• It was less than 100 miles from Mexico

• It was a territory of Japan

What group was in charge of going back to Cuba and overthrowing Fidel Castro?

• The United States CIA

• Cuban refugees trained by the CIA

• A United Nations task force

The planes that the US supplied were disguised to look like..

• Chinese Planes

• Soviet Planes

• British Planes

What was the end result of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• It was a smashing success.

• It was a smashing failure.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion failed for the United States.  However, it did have one unforeseen outcome.  What was it?

• It led Fidel Castro to seek a peace treaty with the United States.

• It forced Fidel Castro to seek help from the Soviet Union.

• It led Fidel Castro to blockade Florida.