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WorksheetsCuban Missile Crisis
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?
1959
1960
1961
1962
Who was the Cuban leader during the crisis?
Raul Castro
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Julio Arca
What was the failed CIA-backed attempt to remove Castro from power in 1959 known as?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Operation ORTSAC
Free Cuba Movement
Who was the US president during the crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Who was the Soviet leader during the crisis?
Joseph Stalin
Anatoly Dobrynin
Andrei Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for...
1 week
2 weeks
1 month
2 months
Upon discovering Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, Kennedy...
Ordered air strikes against the missile sites
Ordered a full-scale invasion of Cuba
Used diplomacy through the UN
Set up a naval blockade around the island
True or false: On October 24th Castro urged Khrushchev to launch a nuclear strike against the US
True
False
A secret part of the deal to end the crisis included the US removing its missiles from...
Latvia and Finland
UK and France
Germany and Poland
Italy and Turkey
What happened after the crisis? (select all that are correct)
Soviet missiles were removed from Cuba
A new trade agreement was signed between the US and the USSR
A 'hotline' between the Kremlin and the White House was established
Castro stepped down as Cuban leader
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty came into existence
