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Who?
JFK
The Crisis
General
Pre Crisis
100
John F. Kennedy
What is United States Presidnt during the Cuban Missle Crisis
100
He was the President
What is the job JFK had during the cuban missle crisis
100
The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba.
What is The Cuban Missile Crisis started because
100
He was Communist.
What is Why did the Soviet Union support Fidel Castro in Cuba?
100
JFK
What is the president during this time
200
Nikita Khrushchev
What is Soviet statesman;
200
Massachusetts
What is the state JFK was born in
200
Cuba is only 90 miles away from the USA, making an attack more likely.
What is Why was Soviet missiles in Cuba such a scary idea for Americans?
200
Khrushchev
What is the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
Fidel Castro
What is the person in power of Cuba
300
Fidel Castro
What is a Cuban politician a
300
Called for a meeting with his closest advisors, which would later be called EX-COMM
What is a result of Soviet missiles in Cuba, what did JFK do?
300
A U-2 spy plane fly over.
What is How did the US find out about the Soviet missiles in Cuba?
300
how you learn it.
What is It's not what you learn, but...
300
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
What is The U.S failed to remove Castro from power in what famous invasion?
400
Andrei Gromyko
What is a Soviet statesman during the Cold War.
400
remove Castro, a communist dictator, from power.
What is President John F. Kennedy supported the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as an effort to do what?
400
A blockade (economic and transport) of Cuba
What is EX-COMM and the President chose which action in response to the threat of Soviet missiles in Cuba?
400
Cuba was Communist
What is the reason Russia supported
400
The Cold War
What is The U.S and the Soviet union were in a time period known as?
500
Kenneth Keating
What is United States Representative and a U.S. Senator
500
Dwight Eisenhower
What is the President that came before JFK?
500
It was the closest the world came to all-out nuclear war, or WWIII
What is Why were tensions so high during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
A nuclear war.
What is Many believed that the crisis would lead to what kind of war?
500
They sent in another invasion (Operation Mongoose)
What is What the U.S did regarding Cuba after the Bay of Pigs failure?