Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War Tensions

100

This conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union created tension without direct fighting.

Cold War 

200

This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.

Containment

300

This alliance included the U.S. and Western countries.

NATO

The Crisis Begins

100

This country was where Soviet missiles were placed.

Cuba

200

This U.S. president handled the Cuban Missile Crisis.

John F. Kennedy

300

This Soviet leader ordered missiles to be sent to Cuba.

Nikita Khrushchev

Resolution & Impact

100

The U.S. surrounded Cuba to stop more missiles from arriving.

Naval blockade

200

The crisis ended when the Soviet Union agreed to remove missiles from Cuba, and the U.S. secretly did this.

Removed missiles from Turkey

300

This was the biggest fear during the crisis if things escalated.

Nuclear war