cuban missile crisis

Question 1

when was the cuban missile crisis?

Answer 1

1962

Question 2

why did the usa’s relationship with cuba strain?

Answer 2

Batista was overthrown by Fidel Castro

Question 3

who did castro become allies with?

Answer 3

the ussr

Question 4

when did castro create his socialist government?

Answer 4

1959

Question 5

why did castro overthrow batista?

Answer 5

he was a tyrant regarding the wellbeing of his people

Question 6

when were the usa and batista allies?

Answer 6

1959

Question 7

what did the ussr provide?

Answer 7

military defense to contain communism and provide soviet oil and fuel in return for cuba’s main export sugar

Question 8

what did the ussr and castro providing do?

Answer 8

strengthen ties

Question 9

what did the ussr place?

Answer 9

nuclear missile sites in cuba as a deterrent against us invasion

Question 10

what did castro request?

Answer 10

-cuba wanted military support
-did not want to back under usa regime

Question 11

what did the usa and cia attempt as a response?

Answer 11

to assasinate castro

Question 12

when was the bay of pigs?

Answer 12

1961

Question 13

what did the usa assemble for the bay of pigs?

Answer 13

a group of cuban exiles called brigade 2506

Question 14

until what year did the usa work closely with cuba?

Answer 14

1959

Question 15

since when did batista rule?

Answer 15

since 1952

Question 16

what was cuban society like?

Answer 16

extremely unequal with people living in poverty and leaders living in luxury

Question 17

a large percentage of the land was owned by who?

Answer 17

americans

Question 18

what utilities were owned by us businesses?

Answer 18

oil, electricity and phone lines

Question 19

what was the usa a major shareholder in?

Answer 19

cuba’s main export sugar

Question 20

did the people like batista?what else did they not like?

Answer 20

no and they did not like the us influence

Question 21

what happened in janruary 1959?

Answer 21

shay gavara and fidel castro led a force to overthrow batista and set up a socialist government with castro at its head

Question 22

why did the usa withdraw their financial support?

Answer 22

were worried about the socialist element

Question 23

what did castro announce in may 1959?

Answer 23

he was taking all the land and citizens into state ownership from the usa

Question 24

who did castro sign an agreement with in 1960?

Answer 24

the ussr

Question 25

what was the ussr and cuban agreement?

Answer 25

the ussr would trade oil for cuban sugar in return and provide economic aid

Question 26

what was the secret agreement made between cuba and the ussr?

Answer 26

providing cuba with military weapons

Question 27

why was america unhappy with the alliance between cuba and the ussr? and what did they do in response?

Answer 27

domino theory was happening and they banned all diplomatic ties with cuba

Question 28

why did president kennedy go to the CIA?

Answer 28

did not like the fact that their was a close communist ally to the ussr near usa soil

Question 29

what did kennedy believe?

Answer 29

castro is weak and the cubans hate him and would definitely support a coup to overthrow him

Question 30

what did the usa not want to be?

Answer 30

militarily involved

Question 31

what did the cia suggest involving cubans?

Answer 31

use cubans who had escaped castro's rule by making the attack look like a revolt by the people of cuba

Question 32

how did the cia achieve the plan?

Answer 32

by providing the cuban exiles with some basic military training and disguise some old us planes as cuban

Question 33

in 1961 how many cuban exiles landed on the bay of pigs in cuba?

Answer 33

14000

Question 34

why was the operation a disaster?

Answer 34

castro found out about it beforehand and sent 20,000 experienced and well-trained cuban soldiers to meet the landing party.

Question 35

how were kennedy's beliefs wrong?

Answer 35

the cubans like castro and did not want to support the usa

Question 36

what were the consequences of the usa?

Answer 36

-kruschev announced that the ussr would provide military arms to cuba and training from experts -tensions increased because the usa lost another country to communism -missiles were stationed in 1962 by the ussr for deterrent against usa attack and it was close by to the usa to act quickly