- 1. Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Richard Nixon
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Harry S. Truman
- 2. Which country installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, leading to the crisis?
A) Soviet Union
B) China
C) United States
D) France
- 3. In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?
A) 1958
B) 1966
C) 1970
D) 1962
- 4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Josef Stalin
- 5. Which island nation is located just south of Florida and was the focus of the crisis?
A) Haiti
B) Puerto Rico
C) Cuba
D) Jamaica
- 6. What was the Operation name for the US blockade of Cuba during the crisis?
A) Operation Desert Storm
B) Operation Eagle Claw
C) Operation Mongoose
D) Operation Blackbird
- 7. Who was the Premier of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Camilo Cienfuegos
B) Raul Castro
C) Fidel Castro
D) Che Guevara
- 8. Where were the US missile bases that were dismantled as part of the resolution to the crisis?
A) Philippines
B) Turkey
C) Italy
D) Japan
- 9. Which organization played a mediating role between the US and the Soviet Union during the crisis?
A) European Union
B) Non-Aligned Movement
C) United Nations
D) NATO
- 10. Which American spy plane first discovered the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba?
A) U-2
B) F-14 Tomcat
C) SR-71 Blackbird
D) B-52 Stratofortress
- 11. Which country was viewed as a potential ally for the Soviet Union during the crisis due to its close proximity to Cuba?
A) Brazil
B) Venezuela
C) Mexico
D) Canada
- 12. Who was the US Secretary of Defense during the crisis?
A) Curtis LeMay
B) Robert McNamara
C) Dean Rusk
D) John Foster Dulles
- 13. What was the primary demand of the United States to the Soviet Union during the crisis?
A) Surrender of Fidel Castro
B) Removal of Missiles from Cuba
C) End of Communism
D) Payment of War Reparations
- 14. What was the code name used by the Cuban government for the Soviet operation to place missiles in Cuba?
A) Moskva
B) Camaguey
C) Pinar del Rio
D) Anadyr
- 15. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis impact the policy of mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
A) Introduced the idea of pre-emptive strikes
B) Reinforced the concept
C) Invalidated the concept
D) Prompted international disarmament
- 16. What was the approximate duration of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) 13 days
B) 3 months
C) 1 month
D) 6 weeks
- 17. Which US military branch played a crucial role in monitoring the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Navy
B) Air Force
C) Army
D) Marines
- 18. What was the Kennedy administration's agreed approach to resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Diplomatic recognition
B) Quarantine
C) Military intervention
D) Investigation
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