CUBA COLD WAR QUIZ

With nuclear weapons in Cuba the USSR was able to hit every major US city except for who?

Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

On May 8-18, 1962, what did the US do to intimidate Cuba?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

How many people were executed during the revolution for crimes against the people?

What did the Soviet Union offer to Revolutionary Cuba in early 1960?

Before the Socialist revolution who owned most of Cuba’s land and industry?

What benefits did Castro’s regime bring to Cuba?

What was the deal that resulted in the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What did the US threaten to do if Soviet ships with construction supplies did not turn around?

What choices did President Kennedy have to deal with the crisis in Cuba?

The US retaliated against Cuba with a trade embargo. What is a trade embargo?

Who lead a rebellion against Fulgencia Batista and took over Cuba in the 1950’s?

Bonus:  Theodore Sorenson appears several times on the video. What was his job?

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

How did we discover that there were Soviet Missiles in Cuba?

What weapon did Cuba possess that we didn’t know about?

Castro nationalized various US businesses. What happens when a business is nationalized?