Documentary & Observation sheet Questions go in order Don’t worry about spelling Cuban Missile Crisis History Short.

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Cuban Missile Crisis History Short

The Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 1962

Section 1

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

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

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

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

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

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