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The President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy
100
The attempt the United States took to overthrow Cuba's new communist government.
What is the Bay of Pigs
100
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted this long.
What is 13 days
100
The council that met for the first time to discuss the crisis
What is Ex-Comm
100
What did Americans think of the Soviet Union after the crisis.
What is that they believed that they had equalled nuclear capability with the US.
200
The leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Fidel Castro
200
Cuba did this after the United States tried to overthrow Cuba.
What is seek help from the Soviet Union.
200
The year that the Cuban Missile Crisis started
When is 1962
200
The JFK ordered this after discovering missiles in Cuba.
What is a Naval Quarantine
200
The immediate effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is the Soviet Union removed it's missiles from Cuba and the US removed it's missiles from Italy and Turkey.
300
The leader of Russia during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
300
Castro allowed the Soviet Union to do this in Cuba
What is build missiles
300
The date the Cuban Missile Crisis ended
When is October 28, 1962
300
JFK orders were an act of what
What is an act of war/aggression
300
A reason why both countries found ways to negotiate and avoid a shooting war
What is the negation between Robert Kennedy and the Soviet Ambassador
400
The man that secretly met with Soviet ambassador,
Who is Robert F. Kennedy
400
Fidel Castro did this (involving the U.S.) after becoming leader of Cuba.
What is take over U.S. owned businesses in Cuba
400
The year the U.S. tried to overthrow Cuba's communist government.
When is 1961
400
The council planned on doing what to Cuba on the final days of the Crisis
What is invade Cuba.
400
The way Kennedy was seen as after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is admired as a hero
500
A U.S. pilot that was shot down in Cuba
Who is Rudolph Anderson Jr.
500
This made the Soviet Union a major threat to the United States
What is the atomic bomb
500
JFK ordered a naval quarantine on Cuba on this date
When is October 18, 1962
500
The acronym for the council that gathered to discuss the crisis is short for this.
What is Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
500
The reason the Cuban Missile Crisis was a positive movement.
What is made countries understand the threat of a nuclear war
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