Cuban Missile crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis
How did the USSR feel about the USA and Cuba in 1960’s?
That USA would overthrown the Cuban regime
Who came to power in Cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro
What was deliberately vague about the Cuban Revolution?
Castro’s exact ideology program
Ultimately sought to take advantage of the East/West divide by rallying against…what?
US imperialism
Eisenhower was furious at the success of the revolution, but took particular offense at Castro’s nationalization of what?
American industries
What two promises did Castro make the people of Cuba during the Revolution?
Because the Cuban government was rapidly loosing money after the revolution, what did Castro accept from the Soviet’s to alleviate the economy?
To provide oil
How did the United States respond to this aide? How did Castro respond to this U.Sresponse?
Refusing to refine the oil
What did Eisenhower begin doing with Cuban exiles after the Revolution?
He trained the exile to attempt to overthrown the Cuban regime
During Kennedy’s election, what did he accuse the Eisenhower administration of?
That Eisenhower didn’t do enough to combat Castro
What did Kennedy promise Cuban exiles?
USA would combat Cuba and retro democracy in it.
Describe the CIA constructed plan to overthrow Castro’s government in Cuba.
Cuba exile would attack Cuba and US would support them
Despite an active propaganda campaign from the USA, what was clear about the Cuban people’s support for insurrection against Castro?
They would not support a military coup
How did the Cubans who remained with Castro view the exiles?
The enemies who exploited them in the previous system
Before the United States launched it’s invasion of Cuba, what was the legal objection raised by the State Department that aimed to cancel the plan?
It would violate the US commitments to the Organization of the American States.
In April of 1961, what did Kennedy publicly promise concerning Cuba?
There won’t be US military intervention to Cuba
Just before the invasion begin, what did Kennedy suddenly refuse to support the Cuban exiles with?
Air support
What did the Cuban people under Castro fail to do when the invasion came?
They did not rise against Castro
Why was this invasion a public relations disaster for the United States?
US failed a military coup
Despite Castro’s victory, the experience left him shaken What did he request from the USSR after the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Defensive Assistance from USSR
Why had the Soviets been especially vulnerable to nuclear attacks from the United States?
US had nuclear weapons deployed in Britain, Italy, and Turkey.
What did the Soviets hope to extend into the rest of Latin America through Cuba?
The revolution
In the summer of 1962, what did the Soviets begin doing in Cuba?
The installation of medium ranged nuclear weapons
In October of 1962, what did a U.Sspy plane report from Cuba that was immediately communicated to the president of the United States?
The image of ballistic missile sites
October 22, 1962, what did Kennedy publicly declare that the United States would do to Cuba? How would the United States respond to anyone who violated this action?
A quarantine on Cuba, and US would see any who violated this a hostile action
At the same time, what did the soviets send to Cuba?
A ship
Which world leader ultimately ordered forces to back down from Cuba?
Khrushchev
At the end of the Conflict, what did the Soviets agree to do? The USA (publicly and secretly)?
USSR-Removed the weapons under UN inspection USA-Remove weapons from Turkey and Italy, and not to invade Cuba
After the crisis, what became a real possibility for citizens across the world?
A nuclear War
What did Cuba become a center for after the crisis?
Revolutionary and guerrilla activity
What CIA continue to attempt in Cuba for many years afterwards?
Assignation of Castro
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis represent Brinkmanship?
Both superpowers threatens to go to war with each other
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis represent a desire to avoid nuclear war?
In Cuba, peaceful coexistence trumped and the war was averted.
Although the threat of nuclear war was omnipresent throughout the period of 1950-1962, what became clear about acceptable means of warfare?
Nuclear war and hostilities should be avoid because of mass casualties it could resulted in.\
Despite Khrushchev’s courage in taking the first step towards escalation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the conflict ultimately do for his career?
He lost his position as the head of USSR and the communist world
Why did it make sense that Khrushchev would desire peaceful coexistence?
He had being exhausted of years of tension and fear between the super powers
Who replaced Khrushchev in 1964?
Brezhnev
What did the Sino-Soviet split open for the United States?
China’s negotiation with the west