Home > 100. Cuban Missile Crisis
Use the link to answer all the questions. Write your answers on binder paper:
- How long was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- When did it take place?
- How was the leftist revolutionary leader of Cuba?
- What kind of missile did a U-2 spy plane discover the Russians assmebling in Cuba?
- When was President Kennedy briefed about the missile?
- What is ExCom?
- How far is Cuba from Florida?
- What does USSR stand for?
- Who was the Soviet leader at this time?
- Why did he risk placing missiles in Cuba?
- What was The Bay of Pigs?
- What was the challenge facing Kennedy and ExCom?
- What happened on Occtober 22, 1962?
- How did many American react? What did they do?
- What crucial monent occured at sea on October 24?
- What happened on October 27?
- What did Robert McNamara say?
- What deal did Kruschev offer?
- Who delivered the American message to the Soviet anbassador?
- What was installed the next year to difuse further situations like this?
Author:
Patrick Olson
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4/30/2020 5:05 PM (EDT)