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Flashcards by ellie.tidy, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What happened at the Bay of Pigs? | Kennedy sent 1400 anti-Castro exiles to Cuba to overthrow Castro but they were met by 20,000 Cuban troops |
| Who was the leader of Cuba before Castro? | Batista |
| What does revolution mean? | Overthrowing the government |
| Which leader of Cuba was friendly with America? | Batista |
| Who replaces Stalin as the new soviet leader? | Khrushchev |
| What did Khrushchev say about nuclear missiles? | That they are the "weapon of the future" |
| What does the IBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) do? | Launches into space and brings the missle down on a specific target |
| How did the USA have a good relationship with Batista? | - USA had a naval base in Cuba - They had a lot of industry there |
| How did the USSR support the Castro regime? | - Funded money for weaponry - Same ideologies so become allies |
| How did the USA know there were missile sights in Turkey? | U2 spy planes took photographs |
| Why did Khrushchev put missiles in Cuba? | - The USA had missiles in Turkey - Cuba was very close to the USA |
| What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | 1962 |
| What was the missile gap? | The idea that the USSR had more nuclear weapons than the USA |
| How did the missile gap being shown in the media impact the American public? | It made them scared and encouraged them to pay more taxes in order to help |
| Why was there tension between the USA and the USSR? | - Different ideologies - USA had the first atomic bomb - Stalin had previously broken rules - Truman hates Stalin (he is very anti-communist) |
| What was the "Berlin Blockade" | Where Stalin closed the rail, roads and canal links into West Berlin |
| What were the causes of the Berlin Blockade? | - Britain and France joined their parts of Berlin - USA and Britain introduced a new currency - Stalin was jealous of the close relations and thought they were plotting against him |
| By the 1960s, who had more missiles? | USA |
| What was Khrushchev hoping to achieve regarding the missile crisis? | - Close the missile gap - Make himself popular in the USSR - Keep communism in Cuba |
| What options did Kennedy have regarding the missile crisis? | - Do nothing - Surgical air attack - Blockade Cuba - Invade Cuba |
| What option does Kennedy choose in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis? | He blockades Cuba |
| What offer does Khrushchev make in his first letter? | That he will remove the missiles if Kennedy lifts the blockade from Cuba |
| How does Khrushchev adapt his message in his second letter? | He says that he will only remove the missiles if the USA remove theirs too |
| What does Kennedy do in reaction to these letters? | He only responds to the first letter |
| Name 3 outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis | - Khrushchev is forced out of power - Kennedy is popular in America - Cuba remains communist |
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