Bay of Pigs
This person was the leader of the Cuban exiles
José Miró Cardona
The name of the naval blockade around Cuba
quarantine
Kennedy responded to this issue in Cuba by placing a naval blockade and the removal of weapons.
The Cuban Missile crisis
The name of the satellite the Soviet Union launched in 1957 to begin the space race.
Sputnik
After World War Two what country tried to re-establish their colonial control over Vietnam and other Indochina countries?
France
Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government in this year
1959
This treaty was signed following the Cuban missile crisis
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Document that pledged aid to governments threatened by communist subversion.
The Truman Doctrine
The name of the project planned to land humans on the moon following project Gemini.
the Apollo Program
Which Accord partitioned Vietnam into Communist North and non-Communist South.
Geneva Accord of 1954
This country housed the training camps for Cuban Exiles
Guatemala
This person was the leader of the Soviets during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
In 1961, this failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S aimed to overthrow Castro’s government.
Bay of Pigs invasion
What year did the first man land on the moon?
1969
What is one thing that weakened the South Vietnam government?
Corruption, religious differences, or mounting success by Vietcong Guerillas.
This was the amount paid to the Cuban government in exchange for the release of prisoners
53 million
This type of Soviet weapons was located in Cuba
nuclear weapons
In May of 1961, JFK sent 500 special forces troops and military advisers to assist what government?
the government of South Vietnam
What was the name of the Soviet cosmonaut to be the first to orbit the Earth?
Yuri Gagarin
When was the South Vietnamese government overthrown?
November 1, 1963.
This operation was approved following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion
operation mongoose
This was installed in the United States and Russia following the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis
a direct telephone line/ “hotline”
In June of 1961,Kennedy met with this Soviet leader in Vienna, Austria to discuss Soviet agriculture, the Soviet’s space flight, putting a man on the moon, and the hopes of good relations between the two nations in the future.
Nikita Khrushchev
Name of the capsule that carried John Glenn Jr. to become the first American to orbit the Earth.
the Friendship 7
How many American lives were lost in the Vietnam War?
58,000