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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?WW2Cold WarWW1Vietnam War
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of the US blockade of Cuba?Prevent missiles and military equipment from going inPrevent missiles and military equipment from going outTorture the Cubans into submissionTorture the Cubans so that they will fight the Russians
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the US blockade Cuba?Cuba betrayed the US by suprise attacking the USThey sent a bomb to the US and bombed the USThe US hated CubaThe US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat countries were in the conflict?The U.S, Russia, and CubaThe U.S, Germany, the Soviet UnionCuba, The U.S, and the Soviet Union.The U.S and Cuba
- 5. Multiple Choice
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Dwight Eisenhower
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhal Gorbachav
Fidel Castro
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
- 9. Multiple Choice
Kennedy approved an invasion plan called
Destroy Castro
Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Soviet Nuclear Crisis
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following justifies Kennedy's Navy block around Cuba?
Khrushchev removed all Soviet missiles from Cuba.
An American spy plane caught the Soviet Union placing nuclear weapons in Cuba.
Khrushchev led a conference in Yalta but the US was not invited.
Castro threatened to launch four missiles at the US if Kennedy refused to take down the US missiles in Turkey.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Cuban Invasion
- 12. Multiple Choice
How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being built in Cuba?
from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers
from US spy satellites
from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions
from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane
- 13. Multiple Choice
As a part of the agreement that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. agreed to ____.
be friends with the Soviet Union
remove their missiles from Italy and Turkey
allow USSR to keep missiles in Cuba
not complain about the missiles anymore
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