People
This U.S. president handled the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F. Kennedy
The U.S. response to Soviet missiles in Cuba.
a naval blockade (or quarantine)
The year the crisis happened.
1962
A time when the U.S. and Soviet Union were enemies but didn’t fight directly.
Cold War
What the Soviet Union agreed to do with the missiles?
Take them out of Cuba
This Soviet leader placed missiles in Cuba.
Nikita Khrushchev
Number of days the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted.
13 days
The month the crisis started.
October
The U.S. plan to stop the spread of communism.
containment
The new way the U.S. and Soviets could talk fast in an emergency.
Hotline
This Cuban leader allowed Soviet missiles on his island.
Fidel Castro
JFK gave a televised speech announcing this action on October 22, 1962.
naval quarantine/blockade
The year the U.S. took its missiles out of Turkey.
1963
The word JFK used instead of “blockade.”
Quarantine
The agreement to stop testing nuclear bombs in the air or space.
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
JFK’s brother who played a key diplomatic role in the backchannel talks.
Robert F. Kennedy
The event that triggered the crisis: photos of missiles taken by this aircraft.
U-2 spy plane flight
The day JFK told the public about the crisis.
October 22, 1962
Secret talking between the U.S. and Soviet Union leaders.
Backchannel diplomacy
What happened to Khrushchev after the crisis?
he lost power in 1964
This pilot discovered the missile sites over Cuba.
Richard Heyser
The secret deal the U.S. made to end the crisis.
removing missiles from Turkey
The year the U.S. and Soviet Union set up the “hotline” to talk fast.
1963
A time when the U.S. and Soviet Union tried to be less tense.
Détente
What the U.S. decided about invading Cuba.?
They promised not to invade