Unit 9: Concept Checkpoint #6 (Bay of Pigs / Cuban Missile)

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Who is the leader of Cuba in the 1960s during the Cold War?

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Fidel Castro

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Who is the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1960s during the Cold War?

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Fidel Castro & Cuba during the 1960s was ...

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Communist

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What was the failed invasion of Cuba by the United States?

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Bay of Pigs

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Why was the US concerned with Cuba in the 1960s?

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Cuba was close to the US, allied with the USSR, & communist

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What was found in Cuba in 1962?

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Soviet Union missiles bases that were ready to launch

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What was President Kennedy's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis? Options: Do nothing & ignore the missiles, Airstrike Cuba missile site without warning, Quarantine Cuba so now Soviet ships could get through & negotiate with Khrushchev, Give a warning to Soviet Union & Cuba then airstrike if nothing is done

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Quarantine Cuba so now Soviet ships could get through & negotiate with Khrushchev

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What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Closest US & USSR came to nuclear war