Cuban missile crisis

What did America own in Cuba (2)

-most businesses

-naval base

Who did The USA support and why

Batista as he was anti-communist

What happened in Cuba and when

1959: Fidel Castro overthrew Batista

What was Casto

Cleve propagandist

Why was there tension between the Usa and Cuba (2)

-Pressure groups against Castro in the USA made up of fled Cuba exiles

-Castro took over some US owned businesses

What did cuba do and when that alarmed the Usa

-1960: Cuba allied with the USSR

What did Khrushchev sign and what did it mean (3)

.Khrushchev signed a trade agreement

-$100 million in economic aid

-Cuba receiving arms

Who was the new US president and what did he do (2)

.January 1961:

-J F Kennedy broke off diplomatic relations

-Supplied arms, equipment, and transport to 1400 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

What next big event took place and when

-April 1961: exiles landed in Bay of Pigs

why was the invasion attempt a failure (2)

-no secrecy

-met by 20,000 Cuban troops

What was the cause of the Bay of Pigs on US leaders

Kennedy was seen as weak

What did the Soviet Union do after the Bay of Pigs

Soviet Union sent arms to Cuba

What did the USSR announce and when

-1962: USSR announced their suppling Cuba with arms

What did kennedy say and when

-11 September 1962: Kennedy warned USSR not to make Cuba a nuclear base

How did the USSR respond to Kennedy

USSR said he had no intention to make Cuba a nuclear missile base

What was found and when

-October 1962: Nuclear missile sites found in Cuba

What reaction choices did Kennedy have (5)

-Nothing

-Surgical air strike

-Invasion

-Diplomatic pressure

-Blockade

What choice did Kennedy make and when did it begin

24 October 1962: The blockade began

How did the Soviet Union react and when (2)

.25 October 1962

-Soviet ships turned around

-Wok on missile bases in Cuba proceeding rapidly

Why did the Soviet Union place nuclear missiles in Cuba (6)

-To bargain with the Usa

-To test the Usa

-To trap the Usa

-To close the missile gap

-To defend Cuba

-To strengthen his own position in the USSR

Outcomes of the Cuban missile crisis for Kennedy and the Usa (3)

-Kennedy improved reputation in the Usa and the West

-Kennedy had to accept Cuba remained communist

-Removed missiles from Turkey:NATO allies unhappy

Khrushchev and the USSR outcomes (4)

-Kept Cuba safe from American attack

-Got USA to withdraw nuclear missiles from Turkey

-Forces to backdown and remove missiles from Cuba

-USSR lagged behind USA in arms race

Outcomes for Castro’s Cuba (3)

-Castro upset by Khrushchev deal with America

-Cuba stayed communist and highly armed

-Kept control of American companies and economic resources he nationalized during his revolution

Outcomes for the Cold War

helped thaw the Cold war relations between the USA and the USSR

what did the Kennedy and Khrushchev both see

Both leaders had seen how brinkmanship had nearly ended in nuclear war

What did they sign and when

-1963: signed a Nuclear test ban treaty

What did the Nuclear test ban treaty mean

didn’t stop the development of weapons but it limited tests