USHB Quiz 9 The Cuban Missile Crisis

_________ was President Kennedy’s most trusted advisor.

• A. Fidel Castro
• B. Nikita Khrushchev
• C. Dwight Eisenhower
• D. Robert Kennedy

The Cuban missile crisis was the peak of _________.

• A. the Cold War
• B. the Korean War
• C. the Vietnam War
• D. World War II

Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of

• 1. Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis.
• 2. Fidel Castro was President Kennedy's most trusted advisor.
• 3. The United States had nuclear weapons in Cuba.
• 4. The Cuban missile crisis was the peak of the Spanish-American War.

_________ publicly promised not to invade Cuba if the missiles were removed.

• A. John F. Kennedy
• B. Nikita Khrushchev
• C. Fidel Castro
• D. Robert Kennedy

Cuba is an island 90 miles away from _________.

• A. Texas
• B. California
• C. Florida
• D. Puerto Rico

Khrushchev was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis.

• True
• False

Fidel Castro was President Kennedy’s most trusted advisor.

• True
• False

The United States had nuclear weapons in Cuba.

• True
• False

The Cuban missile crisis was the peak of the Spanish-American War.

• True
• False

Soviet missiles were close enough to carry nuclear weapons

• True
• False