1.  Documentary & Observation sheet Questions go in order Don’t worry about spelling  Cuban Missile Crisis History Short

2. October 1962

4.  Who were the major players in the Cuban Missile Crisis? Russian Premier Nikita Kruschchev US President John F. Kennedy Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro  Why was the Soviet Union upset? The US had placed nuclear missiles in Turkey, next to the Soviet Union.  What did the Soviet Union do? Place nuclear missiles in Cuba, pointed at the US.

6.  When the US analyzed the first photos of the freighters near Cuba, what did they see? Fighter jets, patrol boats and trucks, but NO evidence of nuclear missiles  What did the Cubans mean by an “open secret”? A secret that millions of Cubans knew about  What did the US see when they analyzed later photos? SAMs – Surface to Air Missiles

8.  If a nuclear weapon was launched from Cuba, where would it hit the US? Washington, DC; Baltimore; the entire southeast US  What was the first option discussed to destroy the missiles? Air strike  What problems that Kennedy didn’t know about would the US face with an invasion? Battlefield nuclear missiles; armed Soviet submarines at sea

10.  What did the word “quarantine” really mean? A blockade  When did Kennedy want the air strikes done? Before any missiles were ready to fire  What did Kennedy tell the American public in October 1962? There were Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba and this was considered an attack on the US.

12.  What did Adlai Stevenson do at the UN meeting? Show photographic proof of the missiles to the Soviets in front of the United Nations  What happened when the Soviet sub surfaced? US moved to DEFCON-2 defense position  What was DEFCON-2? Orders to have the military prepare for a nuclear war that is VERY close

14.  What did Kruschchev first offer Kennedy? The Soviet Union would remove the missiles in exchange for the US end the quarantine and not invade Cuba  What did Kruschev offer Kennedy, according to the news? Soviet Union would remove the missiles in Cuba and the US would remove its weapons in Turkey  What happened to Major Rudolph Anderson? He was shot down and killed by a Soviet missile

15.  What did Bobby Kennedy negotiate as a solution? Soviets would remove their weapons from Cuba US would end the quarantine and promise not to attack Cuba  What was the secret incentive offered to the Soviets? US would remove missiles from Turkey, but it had to be kept SECRET by the Soviets  What does Kruschchev announce? The Soviet Union will remove its weapons from Cuba