Starter quiz
- Write the missing word: A ______ is when you agree to accept something which is not exactly what you want.
- 'compromise' ✓
- Who was leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- Fidel Castro
- John F Kennedy
- Nikita Khrushchev ✓
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- What was the shortened name of the group of advisors who helped JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- CommEx
- ExComm ✓
- ExCNSC
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- What word did JFK prefer to use when describing the American 'blockade' of Cuba?
- 'quarantine' ✓
- Why did JFK initially refuse to negotiate over the Soviet missiles in Cuba?
- JFK considered the missiles a critical military threat.
- JFK wanted to appear tough on communism. ✓
- JFK had no way of communicating with the Soviets.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Khrushchev became Soviet leader
- 2⇔JFK became US president
- 3⇔Bay of Pigs Invasion
- 4⇔Berlin Wall built
- 5⇔Soviet missiles detected in Cuba
- 6⇔US blockade of Cuba
- 7⇔Soviet missiles withdrawn from Cuba and US missiles removed from Turkey
Exit quiz
- Write the missing words: An ______ ______ is a situation where two or more countries compete to have more and stronger weapons than one another.
- 'arms race' ✓
- Who signed the Test Ban Treaty?
- The USA and its allies
- The USA, the USSR and Britain ✓
- The USSR and its allies
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- What happened to JFK's popularity in the USA after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- rose ✓
- remained the same
- declined
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- Which two places were connected by the hotline set up in 1963?
- Downing Street
- Elysee Palace
- Kremlin ✓
- White House ✓
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- Which of the following harmed Khrushchev's reputation in the USSR?
- He placed Soviet missiles in Cuba.
- The American agreement to withdraw their missiles from Turkey was kept secret. ✓
- He agreed to set up a hotline between the USA and USSR in 1963.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Cuban Revolution
- 2⇔Bay of Pigs Invasion
- 3⇔Berlin Wall built
- 4⇔The 13 Days
- 5⇔Soviet missiles in Cuba and US missiles in Turkey removed
- 6⇔Test Ban Treaty signed
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Key learning points
- Both superpowers were glad not to have gone to war.
- JFK's tough stance against the USSR was praised in the USA.
- The USSR benefitted from American promises not to attack Cuba and to withdraw missiles from Turkey.
- Khrushchev's reputation suffered in the USSR.
- Agreements were made between the superpowers aimed at making a future war between them less likely.
Common misconception
The Cuban Missile Crisis made war more likely between the superpowers.
Both the US and USSR were shocked at how close they had come to war and were relieved to have avoided it. Further steps were agreed between both countries after the crisis had ended to make war less likely in future.
Keywords
Hotline - a special direct phone connection for emergencies
White house - the official residence of the President of the USA
Kremlin - the official residence of the leader of the USSR
Arms race - when two or more countries compete to have more and stronger weapons than one another
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