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What year did the United States become aware of Soviet plans to station missiles in Cuba?
1962
1961
1964
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What reconnaissance did the United States implement to view the missile sites on the Cuban territory?
Submarines
CIA agents
Spy planes
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After Kennedy became aware that the Soviet Union was stationing missiles in Cuba, what did he order the Navy to do?
Set up a partial blockade
Send submarines to the harbor
Bomb the harbor
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Prior to the Cuban missile crisis, what was the agreed limit of territorial waters in the Americas?
24 miles
12 miles
48 miles
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Who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
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The U.S. missiles in what country threatened the Soviet Union?
Turkey
India
West Germany
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What was one major cause that started this crisis?
World War II
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Berlin Wall
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What did both countries agree to do to solve this conflict?
Demand the removal of missiles from Turkey
Demand World War III
Demonstrate peacekeeping policies
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True or false: The final agreement was that both countries agreed to dismantle their arms totally, and stay away from one another.
True
False
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True or false: In 1963, the Soviet Union and the United States signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
True
False
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True or false: The U-2 aerial photographs of the weapons were analyzed inside a secret office that was located above a used car dealership.
True
False
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True or false: To keep news of the crisis from leaking, a concocted cold was blamed for President Kennedy’s cancellation of public events.
True
False
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1
What year did the United States become aware of Soviet plans to station missiles in Cuba?
1962
1961
1964
2
What reconnaissance did the United States implement to view the missile sites on the Cuban territory?
Submarines
CIA agents
Spy planes
3
After Kennedy became aware that the Soviet Union was stationing missiles in Cuba, what did he order the Navy to do?
Set up a partial blockade
Send submarines to the harbor
Bomb the harbor
4
Prior to the Cuban missile crisis, what was the agreed limit of territorial waters in the Americas?
24 miles
12 miles
48 miles
5
Who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
6
The U.S. missiles in what country threatened the Soviet Union?
Turkey
India
West Germany
7
What was one major cause that started this crisis?
World War II
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Berlin Wall
8
What did both countries agree to do to solve this conflict?
Demand the removal of missiles from Turkey
Demand World War III
Demonstrate peacekeeping policies
9
True or false: The final agreement was that both countries agreed to dismantle their arms totally, and stay away from one another.
True
False
10
True or false: In 1963, the Soviet Union and the United States signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
True
False
11
True or false: The U-2 aerial photographs of the weapons were analyzed inside a secret office that was located above a used car dealership.
True
False
12
True or false: To keep news of the crisis from leaking, a concocted cold was blamed for President Kennedy’s cancellation of public events.
True
False
