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