Key Individuals
He was President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This failed 1961 invasion attempted to remove Castro from power.
What was the Bay of Pigs?
Kennedy formed this executive committee to advise him during the crisis.
What was EXCOMM?
Kennedy selected this response instead of immediately bombing or invading Cuba.
What was a naval quarantine?
The United States secretly agreed to remove Jupiter missiles from this country.
What is Turkey?
This Cuban leader requested Soviet assistance following American attempts to overthrow his government.
Who was Fidel Castro?
Before the crisis, the United States stationed these nuclear-capable missiles in Turkey.
What were Jupiter missiles?
What is Intercontinental Ballistic missiles?
Kennedy feared that an American attack on Cuba might lead the USSR to retaliate against this divided European city.
What was Berlin?
This American aircraft was shot down over Cuba.
What is a U2 spy plane?
Kennedy’s brother and Attorney-General played an important role in the secret negotiations that ended the crisis.
Who was Robert Kennedy?
American opposition pushed Castro into a closer political, economic and military relationship with this superpower.
What is the USSR?
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
Kennedy’s advisers met in this part of the White House.
What is the Oval Office?
This term describes a situation in which both superpowers understand that nuclear war would result in the destruction of both sides.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
Nikitia Khrushchev took over from Stalin when he died in this year.
What is 1953?
The USA stationed Jupiter missiles in these countries.
What is Italy and Turkey?
The Cuban Missile crisis ended on this date.
What was 28th October 1962?
Kennedy required the missile sites to be dismantled in Cuba under the observation of this international body.
What is the United Nations?
The hotline connected Washington with this Soviet capital.
What is Moscow?
He compared an unannounced American air strike on Cuba to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who is Robert Kennedy?
Cuba lies approximately this many kilometres from Florida at its closest point.
What is 150km?
On this date, Khrushchev publicly agreed to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba.
What was 28 October 1962?
Robert Kennedy secretly negotiated with this Soviet ambassador.
Who was Anatoly Dobrynin?
This is Cuba’s capital and largest city.
What is Havana?