1. Cuban Missile Crisis
Cause-Effect Quiz

2. After Castro’s successful revolution in 1959, he attempts to talk with Eisenhower, who refuses to meet with him. Which leads Castro to…

3. When Castro begins getting oil from the USSR, the United States refuses to … This leads Castro to…

4. Eisenhower views Castro as a socialist revolutionary
Eisenhower views Castro as a socialist revolutionary. He gives the OK for the Bay of Pigs invasion…which happened under Kennedy’s watch. Kennedy did not approve air support for the invasion, which led to…

5. The Bay of Pigs was a failure, and showed the US was covertly trying to topple Castro’s regime. This lead the USSR to… in order to protect the Cuban revolution.

6. When U2 spy planes flew over Cuba and spotted the USSR missiles, Kennedy had these four options before him: Air Strike  Ground Invasion  Quarantine  Do Nothing  He chose…

7. Kennedy went on national television and reported that Cuba had Russian missiles. This created a major problem in resolving the issue: Soviets deny there are missiles…leading Adali Stevenson to show the missiles in the UN, which makes the USSR look… which will impact their willingness to negotiate…

8. Khrushchev sends a letter saying he’ll remove missiles in Cuba if the US promises not to invade Cuba and removes missiles in Turkey. Then Khrushchev gets surrounded by hardline military men and sends a second letter… The US responds by…

9. Robert Kennedy meets with Anatoly Dobrynin to discuss the settlement
Robert Kennedy meets with Anatoly Dobrynin to discuss the settlement. Kennedy says the US will take missiles out of Turkey ONLY if… Khrushchev goes on the radio and…