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Agenda
Documentary & Observation sheet
• Questions go in order
• Don’t worry about spelling
Cuban Missile Crisis History Short
The Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 1962
Section 1 Questions…
Who were the major players in the Cuban Missile
Crisis?
• Russian Premier Nikita Kruschchev
• US President John F. Kennedy
• Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro
Why was the Soviet Union upset?
• The US had placed nuclear missiles in Turkey, next to the
Soviet Union.
What did the Soviet Union do?
• Place nuclear missiles in Cuba, pointed at the US.
Section 2 Questions… When the US analyzed the first photos of the
freighters near Cuba, what did they see?
• Fighter jets, patrol boats and trucks, but NO evidence of
nuclear missiles
What did the Cubans mean by an “open
secret”?
• A secret that millions of Cubans knew about
What did the US see when they analyzed later
photos?
• SAMs – Surface to Air Missiles
Section 3 Questions… If a nuclear weapon was launched from Cuba,
where would it hit the US?
• Washington, DC; Baltimore; the entire southeast US
What was the first option discussed to destroy the
missiles?
• Air strike
What problems that Kennedy didn’t know about
would the US face with an invasion?
• Battlefield nuclear missiles; armed Soviet submarines at
sea
Section 4 Questions… What did the word “quarantine” really mean?
• A blockade
When did Kennedy want the air strikes done?
• Before any missiles were ready to fire
What did Kennedy tell the American public in
October 1962?
• There were Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba and this
was considered an attack on the US.
Section 5 Questions…
What did Adlai Stevenson do at the UN
meeting?
• Show photographic proof of the missiles to the Soviets
in front of the United Nations
What happened when the Soviet sub surfaced?
• US moved to DEFCON-2 defense position
What was DEFCON-2?
• Orders to have the military prepare for a nuclear war
that is VERY close
Section 6 Questions…
What did Kruschchev first offer Kennedy?
• The Soviet Union would remove the missiles in exchange
for the US end the quarantine and not invade Cuba
What did Kruschev offer Kennedy, according to
the news?
• Soviet Union would remove the missiles in Cuba and the
US would remove its weapons in Turkey
What happened to Major Rudolph Anderson?
• He was shot down and killed by a Soviet missile
Section 6 Questions, continued…
What did Bobby Kennedy negotiate as a solution?
• Soviets would remove their weapons from Cuba
• US would end the quarantine and promise not to attack Cuba
What was the secret incentive offered to the Soviets?
• US would remove missiles from Turkey, but it had to be kept
SECRET by the Soviets
What does Kruschchev announce?
• The Soviet Union will remove its weapons from Cuba
