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🚀 The Cuban Missile Crisis – GCSE
History · GCSE — the Bay of Pigs, the thirteen days of October 1962 and how the world stepped back from nuclear war
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In 1959, Fidel Castro's revolution overthrew which Cuban leader?
Che Guevara
Anastasio Somoza
Manuel Noriega
Fulgencio Batista
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Why did the USA see Soviet missiles on Cuba as such a threat to its cities?
Cuba is only about 90 miles from Florida
Cuba borders the US state of Texas
Cuba is only about 9 miles from Florida
Cuba lies just off the coast of California
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In October 1962, how did the USA first confirm that Soviet missile sites were being built on Cuba?
Photos taken by a U-2 spy plane
A letter sent by Khrushchev
Reports from Soviet newspapers
Radar stations in Florida
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Who carried out the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961?
US Marines landing openly
Cuban exiles trained by the CIA
Soviet special forces
Cuban army officers who mutinied
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After the USA stopped buying a key Cuban export in 1960, the USSR agreed to buy it instead. What was it?
Oil
Tobacco
Sugar
Coffee
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Why did Kennedy call his naval action around Cuba a 'quarantine' rather than a 'blockade'?
A blockade is an act of war under international law
A blockade would have needed Soviet permission
The United Nations had ordered a quarantine
A quarantine allowed missiles to pass through
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Why is Saturday 27 October 1962 often called 'Black Saturday'?
A US U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba
US troops invaded Cuba
Soviet ships broke through the quarantine
A Soviet missile was launched at Florida
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Khrushchev sent two letters on 26 and 27 October with different terms. How did Kennedy respond?
He rejected both letters
He refused to reply until missiles left
He publicly replied to the second letter
He publicly replied to the first letter
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Which part of the deal that ended the crisis was kept secret at the time?
Castro would be removed from power
The USA promised not to invade Cuba
US Jupiter missiles would be removed from Turkey
Soviet missiles would be removed from Cuba
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Why was a 'hotline' between Washington and Moscow set up in 1963?
To warn Cuba of any US invasion
To share spy photos with the UN
To let the two leaders communicate quickly
To link NATO's capital cities
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