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- 1. Multiple Choice
In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?
1959
1960
1961
1962
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who was the Cuban leader during the crisis?
Raul Castro
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Julio Arca
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the failed CIA-backed attempt to remove Castro from power in 1959 known as?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Operation ORTSAC
Free Cuba Movement
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was the US president during the crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who was the Soviet leader during the crisis?
Joseph Stalin
Anatoly Dobrynin
Andrei Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for...
1 week
2 weeks
1 month
2 months
- 7. Multiple Choice
Upon discovering Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, Kennedy...
Ordered air strikes against the missile sites
Ordered a full-scale invasion of Cuba
Used diplomacy through the UN
Set up a naval blockade around the island
- 8. Multiple Choice
True or false: On October 24th Castro urged Khrushchev to launch a nuclear strike against the US
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
A secret part of the deal to end the crisis included the US removing its missiles from...
Latvia and Finland
UK and France
Germany and Poland
Italy and Turkey
- 10. Multiple Choice
What happened after the crisis? (select all that are correct)
Soviet missiles were removed from Cuba
A new trade agreement was signed between the US and the USSR
A 'hotline' between the Kremlin and the White House was established
Castro stepped down as Cuban leader
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty came into existence
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