Where were Cuban exiles recruited and trained by the CIA?
100
-The US was convinced that communism was the enemy
-They did not want to lose Cuba as an ally to the Soviet Union
Why did the US attack Cuba?
200
Dwight Eisenhower
Who planned it ?
200
That it "can never be negotiated."
What did Kennedy say about Communist domination in our hemisphere in 1961?
200
When did Cuba proclaim victory?
April 20, 1961
200
Bay of Pigs
Where did Kennedy suggest they attack?
200
They did not want the USSR to find out and launch a counterattack.
Why did the US try to hide their intervention?
300
Robert Kennedy
Who championed it ?
300
Nicaragua
What South American country fought on the side of the Americans?
300
April 17, 1961
When did Khrushchev send a letter to Kennedy stating that the USSR was aware of US involvement in Cuba?
300
Trinidad
Where did they originally plan to attack?
300
The US wanted to show how the Castro regime was driving Cubans out of their own country.
Why did the US house and train so many Cuban exiles?
400
John Kennedy
Who approved it ?
400
The US lost. Kennedy took the blame, but he believed the CIA was at fault.
What was the immediate outcome of the attack?
400
March 17, 1960
When did President Eisenhower approve the CIA plan against the Castro regime?
400
Playa Giron and Playa Larga
Where did two US battalions come ashore on the day of the attack?
400
He blamed them for miscalculating the attack.
Why did Kennedy fire several CIA officials?
500
Fidel Castro
Who led the Cuban side of the attack ?
500
Possible answers :
- Three public officials were fired
- 1,189 men captured and sentenced 30 years in prison
- Set the stage for the missile crisis between the U.S and the USSR
What was the aftermath of the attack ?
500
Monday April 17, 1961
When did American official Dean Rusk give a press conference in which he stated that we were NOT intervening in Cuba?
500
Cuban sugar-cane fields
Where did CIA planes unofficially raid in 1960 to attack Castro?
500
Communism was seen as the antitheses of freedom and democracy, particularly after Stalin's bad example.