1. The Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Jacy Goldring, John Ward, Armin Zarbashi, and Mitchell McDurmont

2. What countries were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
The three countries involved in this historic event were:
Russia - The country which transferred and installed the nuclear weapons of mass destruction in Cuba.
Cuba - The country where the missiles from Russia were located. An island located off the coast of Florida, the southernmost state in America.
America - The country threatened by ze missiles and most opposed to Cuba.

3. Who were the historical figures involved?
John F Kennedy - The President of The United States during the crisis. Made executive decisions based on his thinking and urged and pointed by advisement from “ExComm”
ExComm - President Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Dean Rusk (Secretary of State), Robert McNamara (Secretary of Defense), Douglas Dillon (Secretary of the Treasury), Robert Kennedy (Attorney General), John McCone (Director of Central Intelligence), and General Maxwell Taylor (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)

4. Who were the historical figures involved?
Nikita Khrushchev - Russian political leader, the first secretary of Russia’s Communist party, held a practice of peace and negotiations, however was “fairly” aggressive during the Cuban Missile Crisis having been the aggressor. Was the main Russian negotiator and eventually agreed to the terms of the United States for removing the missiles.
Fidel Castro - Dictator of Cuba who was amassing

5. How and when the missiles in Cuba were discovered and what happened
In October 1962, a U-2 spy plane discovered nuclear missiles in cuba
On October 16, 1962, a conference was held to determine what the US would do about this
The US ended up blockading all ships to and from cuba
After 13 days of negotiations with russia, the missiles were removed from Cuba and the US promised not to invade Cuba

6. End of Presentation